The Struggle For Kenya
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. DJ - Chipped, torn with some loss.
A work of mid-twentieth-century political history, The Struggle for Kenya chronicles the turbulent colonial conflict and nationalist movement that defined Kenya's path toward independence. D. H. Rawcliffe presents a detailed account of the tensions between British colonial authority and the rising tide of African political consciousness, with particular attention to the Mau Mau uprising and its profound social consequences. Written with the measured, analytical tone of a contemporary observer, the narrative uncovers the complex interplay of land rights, racial politics, and imperial policy that fueled one of Africa's most significant anti-colonial struggles. Rawcliffe argues that the conflict was not merely a violent insurgency but a deeply rooted response to decades of dispossession and systemic inequality. An essential primary-era perspective on a pivotal chapter in African and British imperial history, it remains a valuable resource for students and scholars of colonialism and decolonization.
Author: D. H. Rawcliffe
Format: Hardback
Published: 1954, Victor Gollancz Ltd
Genre: African history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. DJ - Chipped, torn with some loss.
A work of mid-twentieth-century political history, The Struggle for Kenya chronicles the turbulent colonial conflict and nationalist movement that defined Kenya's path toward independence. D. H. Rawcliffe presents a detailed account of the tensions between British colonial authority and the rising tide of African political consciousness, with particular attention to the Mau Mau uprising and its profound social consequences. Written with the measured, analytical tone of a contemporary observer, the narrative uncovers the complex interplay of land rights, racial politics, and imperial policy that fueled one of Africa's most significant anti-colonial struggles. Rawcliffe argues that the conflict was not merely a violent insurgency but a deeply rooted response to decades of dispossession and systemic inequality. An essential primary-era perspective on a pivotal chapter in African and British imperial history, it remains a valuable resource for students and scholars of colonialism and decolonization.