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A man of the world : Tom Mboya, the Cold War and decolonisation in Kenya / Daniel Branch, University of Warwick.
Van Pelt Library DT433.582.M35 B73 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Branch, Daniel, 1978- auther.
- Series:
- African studies series ; 175.
- African studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mboya, Tom.
- Mboya, Tom--Influence.
- Statesmen--Kenya.
- Statesmen.
- Decolonization--Kenya.
- Decolonization.
- Pan-Africanism.
- Kenya--Politics and government--To 1963.
- Kenya.
- Kenya--Politics and government--1963-1978.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 307 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Tom Mboya, the Cold War and decolonization in Kenya
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "Focusing on Tom Mboya, one of Kenya's founding fathers, this book reveals how the Cold War profoundly shaped the outcome of decolonization in Kenya. Daniel Branch explores Mboya's influence across the globe, including his controversial American network of supporters, thereby setting Kenya's decolonization in its global context"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Intertwined Cold War and Decolonization
- Breaking Out : Labour and the Emergency, 1952-56
- The Quiet Americans : ACOA and the AFL-CIO, 1956-58
- The Great Dream of Their Lives : Students in the United States, 1958-63
- The Insects : Labour and the Global Politics of Decolonization, 1959-65
- Political Traffic : Students in Eastern and Central Europe, 1960-69
- The Cultural Cold War : Development and Intellectual Politics, 1963-68
- The End, 1967-69
- The Realities of the Modern World : A Cold War Political Culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-297) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Branch, Daniel, 1978- Man of the world
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781009715461
- 1009715461
- 9781009715492
- 1009715496
- OCLC:
- 1577230039
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000385720
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