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Mau Mau crucible of war : statehood, national identity, and politics of postcolonial Kenya / Nicholas K. Githuku.

Author/creator Githuku, Nicholas K. (Nicholas Kariuki)
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, 2015.
Descriptionxviii, 555 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 495-521 and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015033416
ISBN9781498506984 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781498506991 (electronic)

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