Colonial Kenya observed : British rule, Mau Mau and the wind of change / S. H. Fazan; edited and with a foreword by John Lonsdale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fazan, S. H., 1888-1979, author.

Contributor:

Lonsdale, John, editor, writer of foreword, writer of added commentary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mau Mau.

History.

Kenya--Politics and government--To 1963.

Kenya.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--Colonies--Africa--Administration.

Great Britain.

Colonies.

Africa.

Administration.

Kenya--History--Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960.

Mau Mau--History.

Physical Description:

xlii, 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portrait ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Contents:

Part 1. British East Africa. Historical background

Early days of the Protectorate

First impressions

Races and migrations

The First World War.

Part 2. The Colony during the inter-war years. The coast

Principal events and politics

Changes.

Part 3. Government in the African lands. The field administration

African authorities.

Part 4. Land. Agrarian problems of the African lands

The white highlands.

Part 5. The later colonial period. The Second World War

Post-war settlement and Kikuyu politics

The Mau Mau revolt

Economic development.

Part 6. Towards independence. The Lancaster House Conference and the end of the colony

The wind of change. Appendix 1: Policy and theory

Appendix 2: African laws and customs

Appendix 3: An economic survey of the Kikuyu reserves.

Notes:

Completed in 1969; not previously published.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-351) and index.

ISBN:

9781780768656

1780768656

9780857737847

0857737848

OCLC:

898058399