Intro
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgements
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction
A History of the Present
African Famine History and Colonial Government
An Analysis of Government
Sources
Outline
Chapter 2: Famine and Colonial Conquest
Colonialism and the Transformation of Food Scarcity
The 'Great Famine'
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Scarcity, State Control and the First World War
Official Responses
Long-Term Effects
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Scarcity and Settler Consolidation
The 1929-1930 Famine

Government Responses
Political Controversy
Reframing the Problem
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Depression and Dearth
Production and Marketing Policy
Scarcity, Soil and Population
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Scarcity, State Control and War: Redux
Famine Relief
The Path to Maize Control
Scarcity Worsens
Production and Marketing
Rationing, Distribution and Pricing
Further Relief and Coping Strategies
Conclusion
Chapter 7: Setting the Agenda
Nutrition and the Failure of a Needs-Based Policy
Post-War Kenyan Food Systems and Policy
Conclusion

Chapter 8: Epilogue
Chapter 9: Conclusion
The Coproduction of State, Scarcity and Market
Kenya and the History of African Food and Famine
Critical History and Food Security
Appendix: Note on Primary Sources
Bibliography
Archival Records
The National Archives of the United Kingdom (TNA)
Bodleian Library at University of Oxford
Government and Other Reports
Published Sources
Index