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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798047603321

Autore

Githuku Nicholas K (Nicholas Kariuki)

Titolo

Mau Mau crucible of war : statehood, national identity, and politics of postcolonial Kenya / / Nicholas K. Githuku

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-0699-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (575 p.)

Disciplina

967.6203

Soggetti

Postcolonialism - Kenya

Decolonization - Kenya

Nationalism - Kenya

Kenya History Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960

Kenya Colonial influence

Kenya Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pages:1 to 28; Pages:29 to 56; Pages:57 to 84; Pages:85 to 112; Pages:113 to 140; Pages:141 to 168; Pages:169 to 196; Pages:197 to 224; Pages:225 to 252; Pages:253 to 280; Pages:281 to 308; Pages:309 to 336; Pages:337 to 364; Pages:365 to 392; Pages:393 to 420; Pages:421 to 448; Pages:449 to 476; Pages:477 to 504; Pages:505 to 532; Pages:533 to 560; Pages:561 to 575

Sommario/riassunto

Mau Mau Crucible of War is a study of the social and cultural history of the mentalité of struggle in Kenya, which reached a peak during the Mau Mau War of the 1950s. This struggle continues to resonate in Kenya today through the ongoing demand for a decent standard of living and social justice for all.