Matatu : a history of popular transportation in Nairobi / / Kenda Mutongi |
Autore | Mutongi Kenda |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Illinois ; ; London, [England] : , : The University of Chicago Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 388.4096762/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Transportation - Kenya - Nairobi
Minibuses - Kenya - Nairobi Local transit - Kenya - Nairobi Urban transportation policy - Kenya - Nairobi |
Soggetto non controllato |
Kenya's political economy
Nairobi Obama Urban history historical ethnography indigenous entrepreneurship matatu organized crime social media transportation history |
ISBN | 0-226-47139-X |
Classificazione | LB 85546 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- PART ONE. Background -- INTRODUCTION. Matatu -- ONE. “The Only Way to Get There Was on Foot” -- PART TWO. Moving People, Building the Nation, 1960–73 -- TWO. “It Is a Difficult System to Beat” -- THREE. “We Are Making a Living by Constitutional Means” -- PART THREE. Deregulation, 1973– 84 -- FOUR. Kenyatta’s Decree, 1973 -- FIVE. “Jump In, Squeeze, Jump Out—Quickly!” -- PART FOUR. Government Regulation, 1984– 88 -- SIX. The Matatu Bill of 1984 -- SEVEN. “Only Those Who Are Afraid Use Force” -- PART FIVE. Organized Crime? 1988–2014 -- EIGHT. KANU Youth Wingers -- NINE. Mungiki: Fighting a Phantom? -- PART SIX. Generation Matatu, Politics, and Popular Culture, 1990– 2014 -- TEN. Music, Politics, and Profit -- ELEVEN. “Pimp” My Ride -- PART SEVEN. Self- Regulation, 2003– 14 -- TWELVE. The Michuki Rules -- CONCLUSION. Making It in Nairobi -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910727269203321 |
Mutongi Kenda | ||
Chicago, Illinois ; ; London, [England] : , : The University of Chicago Press, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Worries of the heart [[electronic resource] ] : widows, family, and community in Kenya / / Kenda Mutongi |
Autore | Mutongi Kenda |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.88/30967628 |
Soggetto topico |
Widows - Kenya - Maragoli - Social conditions
Women - Kenya - Maragoli - Social conditions Families - Kenya - Maragoli |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-96600-2
0-226-55422-8 9786611966003 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Everyday life -- Western Kenya, 1880-1902 -- Feeble little lads looking for food -- "What harm can an old dry bone do?" -- Lessons in practical Christianity -- Living "in line" -- The impact of gold mining -- Land conflicts in the 1930s -- Family life -- Educating "progressive" sons -- The burden of "progressive" sons -- Cash, cows, and bridewealth -- Domestic education at the girls boarding school -- Moral panic -- Wife beating -- Postcolonial promises -- Citizenship and land rights in postcolonial Kenya -- Rural widows, city widows, and the fight for inheritance. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454114403321 |
Mutongi Kenda | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Worries of the heart [[electronic resource] ] : widows, family, and community in Kenya / / Kenda Mutongi |
Autore | Mutongi Kenda |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.88/30967628 |
Soggetto topico |
Widows - Kenya - Maragoli - Social conditions
Women - Kenya - Maragoli - Social conditions Families - Kenya - Maragoli |
Soggetto non controllato | kenya, kenyan, africa, african, family, familial relationships, widows, marriage, loss, grief, history, historical contexts, maragoli community, colonialism, widowed, postcolonialism, colonial rule, independence, cultural studies, society, widowhood, rural areas, citizenship, disenchantment, ethnography, ethnographic research, women, gender study, influences, christianity, religion, religious, gold, mining, land, conflicts, domestic education, boarding schools, inheritance |
ISBN |
1-281-96600-2
0-226-55422-8 9786611966003 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Everyday life -- Western Kenya, 1880-1902 -- Feeble little lads looking for food -- "What harm can an old dry bone do?" -- Lessons in practical Christianity -- Living "in line" -- The impact of gold mining -- Land conflicts in the 1930s -- Family life -- Educating "progressive" sons -- The burden of "progressive" sons -- Cash, cows, and bridewealth -- Domestic education at the girls boarding school -- Moral panic -- Wife beating -- Postcolonial promises -- Citizenship and land rights in postcolonial Kenya -- Rural widows, city widows, and the fight for inheritance. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782434103321 |
Mutongi Kenda | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Worries of the heart : widows, family, and community in Kenya / / Kenda Mutongi |
Autore | Mutongi Kenda |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.88/30967628 |
Soggetto topico |
Widows - Kenya - Maragoli - Social conditions
Women - Kenya - Maragoli - Social conditions Families - Kenya - Maragoli |
ISBN |
1-281-96600-2
0-226-55422-8 9786611966003 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Everyday life -- Western Kenya, 1880-1902 -- Feeble little lads looking for food -- "What harm can an old dry bone do?" -- Lessons in practical Christianity -- Living "in line" -- The impact of gold mining -- Land conflicts in the 1930s -- Family life -- Educating "progressive" sons -- The burden of "progressive" sons -- Cash, cows, and bridewealth -- Domestic education at the girls boarding school -- Moral panic -- Wife beating -- Postcolonial promises -- Citizenship and land rights in postcolonial Kenya -- Rural widows, city widows, and the fight for inheritance. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822560503321 |
Mutongi Kenda | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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