The Palgrave handbook of Kenyan history / Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Maurice N. Amutabi, Toyin Falola, editors.
Nasong'o, Shadrack Wanjala, editor.; Amutabi, M. N. (Maurice Nyamanga), editor.; Falola, Toyin, editor.
2023
DT433.557
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Title
The Palgrave handbook of Kenyan history / Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Maurice N. Amutabi, Toyin Falola, editors.
ISBN
9783031094873 (electronic bk.)
3031094875 (electronic bk.)
9783031094866
3031094867
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09487-3
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
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English
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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (colour).
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10.1007/978-3-031-09487-3 doi
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DT433.557
Dewey Decimal Classification
967.62
Summary
This volume covers Kenyas history, society, culture, economics, politics, and environment from precolonial times through the first years of independence. The book comprises twenty-one chapters divided into two parts. Part I focuses on the long precolonial moment, detailing the nature of precolonial Kenyan societies and their economics, politics, gender dynamics, and social organization. Part II examines Kenyan societies encounters with British colonialism, critically outlining the impact and implications of these encounters. The volume concludes with an examination of political consolidation after the countrys attainment of political independence and the subsequent foundations for political authoritarianism. Wanjala S. Nasongo is Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, USA. Maurice N. Amutabi is Professor and Director of the Center for Science and Technology Studies at the Technical University of Kenya. Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is an honorary professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Extraordinary Professor of Human Rights at the University of the Free State, South Africa. .
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Nasong'o, Shadrack Wanjala, editor.
Amutabi, M. N. (Maurice Nyamanga), editor.
Falola, Toyin, editor.
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Palgrave handbook of Kenyan history.
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1. Introduction: Kenya in Historical Perspective; Wanjala S. Nasongo, Maurice N. Amutabi, Toyin Falola
Part I: The Long Precolonial Moment
2. The Bantu Origin, Migration, and Settlement in Kenya; Pius Kakai Wanyonyi
3. The Migration of Nilotes and their Settlement; Opolot Okia
4. Cushitic Migration and Settlement in Kenya; Maurice N. Amutabi
5. The Arrival of Arabs and Asians in Kenya; Julius Nabende
6. Kingdoms, Politics, and State Formation in Pre-colonial Kenya; Kennedy M. Moindi
7. Traditional Families and Social Networks in Kenya; Tom G. Ondicho
8. Pre-Colonial Economic Activities: Crafts, Industry, and Trade; Kennedy M. Moindi
Part II: Colonial Encounters
9. The Colonial Political Economy in Kenya; Kennedy M. Moindi
10. The Kenyan Shilling: History of an East African Currency; Isaac Tarus
11. Colonial Agricultural Development; Martin S. Shanguhyia
12. The Impact of World Wars I and II on Kenya; Samuel Alfayo Nyanchoga
13. Politics and Social Life in White Settler Towns; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi
14. The Environment Under Colonialism; Martin S. Shanguhyia
15. The Mass Media and Cultural Change; Kibiwott Kurgat and Caren Jerop
16. The Influence of Pioneer Schools and Makerere University on the Kenyas Post-Colonial Development; Peter Otiato Ojiambo and Margaret W. Njeru
17. African Women in Colonial Kenya, 1900-1963; Julius Simiyu Nabende and Martha Wangari Musalia
18. The Trade Union Movement in Colonial and Postcolonial Kenya; Magdalene Ndeto Bore
19. The Rise of Anti-Colonial Nationalism; Robert M. Maxon
20. Lancaster House Independence Constitutional Negotiations, 1960-1963; Robert M. Maxon
21. Political Consolidation and the Rise of Single-Party Authoritarianism; Wanjala S. Nasongo.

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