Mau Mau crucible of war statehood, national identity, and politics of postcolonial Kenya / Nicholas K. Githuku.
| Author/creator | Githuku, Nicholas K. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, 2015. |
| Description | xviii, 555 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword by John Lonsdale -- Foreword by Robert M. Maxon -- Inside the Mau Mau mind: "Returning the imperial" gaze in centennial perspective -- White man's country: the colonial foundations and legal architecture of the Kenyan state -- Colonial rupture: African experiential anxiety of transformation in time, space and place, 1900-1951 -- 52 minds on Kenya's destiny: the view from "the above" -- Drudgery in Pyrrhic victory: whither the fruits of independence? -- "Matigari ma Njirungi": bifurcation, atomization and survival of the mentalité of struggle -- "Bado Mapambano," solidarity forever: latter day travails of critical publics -- The long Kenyan century: a people's elusive quest for "the good life". |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-521 and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015033416 |
| ISBN | 9781498506984 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781498506991 (electronic) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |