Squatters and the roots of Mau Mau, 1905-63 / / Tabitha Kanogo

• Autore: Kanogo Tabitha M.
• Pubblicazione: London : , : James Currey, , 1987
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 206 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 307.3/36
• Soggetto topico: Migrant agricultural laborers - Kenya - History - 20th century; Squatters - Kenya - History - 20th century; Kikuyu (African people) - History
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Aug 2017).
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary of Kikuyu and Swahili Terms used in Text -- Maps -- Introduction -- One The Genesis of the Squatter Community, 1905-18 -- Two Settlers and Squatters: Conflict of Interests 1918-37 -- Three Social Organisation among Squatters -- Four The Crisis: Decline in Squatter Welfare 1938-48 -- Five Politics of Protest: Mau Mau -- Six The Post Mau Mau Period: The Independence Bargain and the Plight of the Squatters, 1955-63 -- Conclusion -- List of Informants -- Biographical Notes on Key Informants -- Select Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The author follows the story of the squatters farming the land in the 'White Highlands' at first unused by the Europeans. After 1923 the white settlers demanded more labour from the squatters and began to restrict their use of the land for cultivation and animal husbandry until by the early 1940s most of the squatters livestock had gone. Kanogo traces the squatters' increasing poverty and disillusion and their involvement in Mau Mau, particularly that of the women.<br><br>North America: Ohio U Press; Kenya: EAEP
• Titolo autorizzato: Squatters and the roots of Mau Mau, 1905-63
• ISBN: 1-78204-979-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911009275003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Eastern African studies (London, England)