LEADER 05565nam 22009135 450 001 9910952300303321 005 20240313115405.0 010 $a9786613900524 010 $a9781283588072 010 $a1283588072 010 $a9780230392960 010 $a0230392962 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230392960 035 $a(CKB)2670000000240861 035 $a(EBL)1016509 035 $a(OCoLC)809799192 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711128 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11417244 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711128 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10681450 035 $a(PQKB)11359320 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-39296-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1016509 035 $a(Perlego)3499617 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000240861 100 $a20151223d2012 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCommunal Labor in Colonial Kenya $eThe Legitimization of Coercion, 1912-1930 /$fby O. Okia 205 $a1st ed. 2012. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (195 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781349352159 311 08$a1349352152 311 08$a9780230392953 311 08$a0230392954 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover""; ""Communal Labor in Colonial Kenya: The Legitimization of Coercion, 1912-1930""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Introduction: Werengekaa???s Anxiety""; ""Normalizing Force in Kenya""; ""Chapter 1: Forced Labor and Colonial Development in Africa""; ""Forced Labor for Private Interests""; ""Government Forced Labor for the State""; ""Communal Labor""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 2: The Juridical Foundation of Government Forced Labor, 1902-1912""; ""The Legal Bedrock of Coercion""; ""Ideas of African Development and Forced Labor in Kenya""; ""Conclusion"" 327 $a""Chapter 3: a???Making the Lazy Nigger Worka???: European Settlers, the State, and Forced Labor, 1895-1919""""European Settlement in the EAP""; ""African Labor""; ""The 1912 Native Labour Commission""; ""Carrier Corps Recruitment and World War I""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4: The Northey Forced Labor Crisis, 1919-1921""; ""The Northey Circular""; ""Within the Colony and Protectorate""; ""Oldham and the Conclusion of the Crisis""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 5: Interlude: Forced Labor Bounded, 1921-1925""; ""Forced Labor after Churchilla???s Dispatch"" 327 $a""The Uasin Gishu Railway Extension and Government Forced Labor""""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 6: Normalizing Force: Archdeacon Walter Owen and the Issue of Communal Labor in Colonial Kenya, 1920-1930""; ""Missionaries and African Interests""; ""Archdeacon Owen and African Protest""; ""Owen and Communal Labor Abuses""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 7: Conclusion: Forced Labor as an Abstraction""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 $aThis book advances research into the government-forced labor used widely in colonial Kenya from 1930 to 1963 after the passage of the International Labor Organization's Forced Labour Convention. While the 1930 Convention intended to mark the suppression of forced labor practices, various exemptions meant that many coercive labor practices continued in colonial territories. Focusing on East Africa and the Kenya Colony, this book shows how the colonial administration was able to exploit the exemption clause for communal labor, thus ensuring the mobilization of African labor for infrastructure development. As an exemption, communal labor was not defined as forced labor but instead justified as a continuation of traditional African and community labor practices. Despite this ideological justification, the book shows that communal labour was indeed an intensification of coercive labor practices and one that penalized Africans for non-compliance with fines or imprisonment. The use of forcedlabor before and after the passage of the Convention is examined, with a focus on its use during World War II as well as in efforts to combat soil erosion in the rural African reserve areas in Kenya. The exploitation of female labor, the Mau Mau war of the 1950s, civilian protests, and the regeneration of communal labor as harambee after independence are also discussed. . 606 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aAfrica$xHistory 606 $aImperialism 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aEurope$xHistory 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aAfrican History 606 $aImperialism and Colonialism 606 $aModern History 606 $aEuropean History 606 $aHuman Rights 615 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrica$xHistory. 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aEurope$xHistory. 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 14$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aAfrican History. 615 24$aImperialism and Colonialism. 615 24$aModern History. 615 24$aEuropean History. 615 24$aHuman Rights. 676 $a331.11/7309676209041 686 $aHIS037070$aSOC054000$aHIS001020$2bisacsh 700 $aOkia$b Opolot$f1968-$01220822 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910952300303321 996 $aCommunal Labor in Colonial Kenya$94330243 997 $aUNINA