| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Traders, warriors, and hunters -- Red dirt, red strangers -- Of volunteers and conscripts -- The destocking episode -- War and demobilization -- Controlling development -- Mau Mau -- Independence and beyond |
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; List of maps; Introduction; Chapter 1 Traders, warriors, and hunters; Migration and trade; People of the bow; Local bonds; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Red dirt, red strangers; Ecological disaster; Red strangers; Chiefs and cattle, athiani and authority; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Of volunteers and conscripts; The ""War of theQuivers""; Communities in crisis; ""Rejects"" and""man-eaters""; An ethnic bond?; Chapter 4 The destocking episode; A reassessment in Ukambani; A march and a""sit-in"" |
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Understanding the ""Ivinda ya Ng''ombe""(Time of Cattle)Martial men; The Mombasa strikes; Conclusion; Chapter5 War and demobilization; Recruitment and service; War and""tribe""; The return of the Askaris; A new cadre of leaders; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Controlling development; Changes in everyday life; Men and women; Development and welfare for Africa; Conclusion; Chapter7 Mau Mau; Mau Mau among the Kamba; The Pipeline; British concern and the ""development deal""; Contesting ""loyalty""and chiefship; Women and virtue; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Independence and beyond |
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The road to ""uhuru""[independence]Winning Kamba votes; The army; Soldiering, ethnicity, and community; Epilogue; Bibliography; Interviews; Archival sources; Kenya National Archives, Nairobi; National Archives of the United Kingdom, London; Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House, Oxford; Africa Inland Mission Archives, Nairobi; Billy Graham Center Archives and Wheaton College Archives and Special Collections, Wheaton, IL; Church Missionary Society Archives, Birmingham, UK; Imperial War Museum, London; Government publications; Other periodicals and newspapers |
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Personal communicationsWebsites; Kikamba vocabularies, dictionaries, and grammars; Biblical translations in Kikamba; Unpublished theses and papers; Books and articles; Index |
| Summary |
This work analyses the ethnicity in Kenya over the past 200 years, focusing on the Kamba ethnic group that inhabits eastern Kenya |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-269) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Kamba (African people) -- History
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Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- Kenya
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Allegiance -- Kenya
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Allegiance
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British colonies
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Ethnicity -- Political aspects
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Kamba (African people)
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Colonies -- Administration
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Kenya -- Politics and government -- To 1963.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072004
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration
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| Subject |
Africa
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Kenya
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781316078181 |
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1316078183 |
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9781316073445 |
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1316073440 |
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1316082903 |
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9781316082904 |
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1316056902 |
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9781316056905 |
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1316054535 |
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9781316054536 |
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1316075818 |
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9781316075814 |
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1316080544 |
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9781316080542 |
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1316071081 |
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9781316071083 |
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1107447712 |
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9781107447714 |
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