LEADER 02420oam 2200361z- 450 001 9910164932803321 005 20210113192943.0 010 $a0-8214-4446-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000001064404 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4806523 035 $a(VLeBooks)9780821444467 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001064404 100 $a20190127c1987uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 $aSquatters and the Roots of Mau Mau, 1905-1963 205 $a1st edition 210 $cOhio University Press 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 225 $aEastern African Studies 311 $a0-8214-0874-7 330 $aThis is a study of the genesis, evolution, adaptation and subordination of the Kikuyu squatter labourers, who comprised the majority of resident labourers on settler plantations and estates in the Rift Valley Province of the White Highlands. The story of the squatter presence in the White Highlands is essentially the story of the conflicts and contradictions that existed between two agrarian systems, the settler plantation economy and the squatter peasant option. Initially, the latter developed into a viable but much resented sub-system which operated within and, to some extent, in competition with settler agriculture. This study is largely concerned with the dynamics of the squatter presence in the White Highlands and with the initiative, self-assertion and resilience with which they faced their subordinate position as labourers. In their response to the machinations of the colonial system, the squatters were neither passive nor malleable but, on the contrary, actively resisted coercion and subordination as they struggled to carve out a living for themselves and their families.... It is a firm conviction of this study that Kikuyu squatters played a crucial role in the initial build-up of the events that led to the outbreak of the Mau Mau war. ?from the introduction. 606 $aMigrant agricultural laborers$zKenya$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSquatters$zKenya$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aKikuyu (African people)$xHistory 615 0$aMigrant agricultural laborers$xHistory 615 0$aSquatters$xHistory 615 0$aKikuyu (African people)$xHistory. 676 $a307.3/36 700 $aKanogo$b Tabitha$0657700 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910164932803321 996 $aSquatters and the Roots of Mau Mau, 1905-1963$94177994 997 $aUNINA