A ready reference to the history and culture of this complicated and important African nation. Entries cover the important people, places, events, and culture of the nation. A thorough introduction provides important context for first time students of Kenya, and the bibliography will serve both novice and experienced researchers in good stead.

Historical Dictionary of Kenya (Historical Dictionaries of Africa)

History

MAXON, ROBERT M.

OFCANSKY, THOMAS P.

Africa

Scarecrow Press

From 1930 to 1950, Vihiga and Gusiiland, relatively similar regions of western Kenya, went their separate ways and in opposite directions. This account of the contrasting experiences of the Vihiga and Gusiiland provides a framework for enhanced understanding of the history of agrarian change in Africa.

Going Their Separate Ways: Agrarian Transformation in Kenya, 1930-1950

Business & Money

Economics

UNKNO

Thorough overview of East Africa including chapters on geography and topography of the area, historical information from the Stone Age to the present and detailed information on the peoples and tribes that inhabit the region. Includes a comprehensive index.

East Africa : An Introductory History

West Virginia Univ Pr

In this third edition of East Africa: An Introductory History, Robert M. Maxon revisits the diverse eastern region of Africa, including the modern nations of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. With revised sections and a new preface, this comprehensive text surveys East Africa’s political, economic, and social history from pre-colonial to modern times. Maxon reveals the physical movement and societal development of and between ethnic groups before the 1890s; the capitalistic impact of European colonialism in the early nineteenth century; and the achievement and aftermath of independence in East Africa during the later part of this century.East Africa: An Introductory History, 3rd and Revised Edition offers the student and scholar:• the only revision of this title in over a decade• a complete index and glossary of African terms that promote an effortless navigation of the complex history of this region• over twenty maps and diagrams that provide visual depictions of the development of eastern Africa• detailed geographical and topographical analysis that supplement the historical scope and investigation of this regionEast Africa: An Introductory History documents the transformation of East Africa from the Stone Age to the first decade of the twenty-first century. The book is ideal for any reader interested in unraveling the intricate history of this East Africa, and especially for students coming to the study of this region for the first time.

EAST AFRICA: AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY

West Virginia University Press

This is the first study of constitution making during a critical decade of British rule in Kenya to be based on a thorough examination of archival sources. Such sources include secret police and intelligence reports, records of the planning and negotiations leading to the imposition of the three constitutions, and British cabinet records. These allow for a more complete appreciation of the forces that produced the specific constitutional dispensations. For example, the book provides the fullest and most authoritative account of the first Lancaster House conference of 1960. The account indicates that the constitution that emerged, as with the negotiations of 1954 and 1957, was not the result of inter-racial bargaining. Rather, each constitution was imposed by Britain after acceptance by some political groups, though not all. Such partial acceptance proved fatal to the constitutions of the 1950s. The book illustrates this reality as well as highlighting the importance of African agency in the overthrow of the Lyttleton and Lennox-Boyd constitutions and in the emergence of the very different constitutional order that resulted from the Lancaster House conference. Britain and Kenya's Constitutions, 1950-1960 is an important resource for scholars in African studies as well as those researching the history of British decolonization in Africa.

Britain and Kenya's Constitutions, 1950-1960

Cambria Press

In this third edition of East Africa: An Introductory History, Robert M. Maxon revisits the diverse eastern region of Africa, including the modern nations of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. With revised sections and a new preface, this comprehensive text surveys East Africa’s political, economic, and social history from pre-colonial to modern times. Maxon reveals the physical movement and societal development of and between ethnic groups before the 1890s; the capitalistic impact of European colonialism in the early nineteenth century; and the achievement and aftermath of independence in East Africa during the later part of this century.
East Africa: An Introductory History, 3rd and Revised Edition offers the student and scholar:
• the only revision of this title in over a decade • a complete index and glossary of African terms that promote an effortless navigation of the complex history of this region • over twenty maps and diagrams that provide visual depictions of the development of eastern Africa • detailed geographical and topographical analysis that supplement the historical scope and investigation of this region East Africa: An Introductory History documents the transformation of East Africa from the Stone Age to the first decade of the twenty-first century. The book is ideal for any reader interested in unraveling the intricate history of this East Africa, and especially for students coming to the study of this region for the first time.

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Historical Dictionary of Kenya (Historical Dictionaries of Africa)

Going Their Separate Ways: Agrarian Transformation in Kenya, 1930-1950

East Africa : An Introductory History

EAST AFRICA: AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY

Britain and Kenya's Constitutions, 1950-1960

EAST AFRICA: AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY