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Indians in Kenya : The Politics of Diaspora / Sana Aiyar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aiyar, Sana, author.
- Series:
- Harvard historical studies ; 185.
- Harvard Historical Studies ; 185
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East Indians--Kenya.
- East Indians.
- Indigenous peoples--Kenya.
- Indigenous peoples.
- National characteristics, Kenyan.
- Politics and culture.
- Asian diaspora.
- Kenya--Politics and government--1963-1978.
- Kenya.
- Kenya--History--1963-.
- Kenya--Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sana Aiyar chronicles the strategies by which Indians sought a political voice in Kenya, from the beginning of colonial rule to independence. She examines how the strands of Indians' diasporic identity influenced Kenya's leadership-from partnering with Europeans to colonize East Africa, to collaborating with Africans to battle racial inequality.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. From the America of the Hindu to White Man's Country
- 2. "Civilization" in Kenya
- 3. Political Homelands across the Indian Ocean
- 4. Between Rebellion and Suppression
- 5. Negotiating Nationhood
- 6. Uhuru and Exodus
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Archives Consulted
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780674425927
- 0674425928
- 9780674425903
- 0674425901
- OCLC:
- 1013938034
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