Overview
Addresses a comprehensive range of themes and issues on Kenya's history
Covers popular topics and those previously ignored
Offers thorough and critical analysis of Kenyan history
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Long Precolonial Moment
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Colonial Encounters
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About this book
This volume covers Kenya’s 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 country’s attainment of political independence and the subsequent foundations for political authoritarianism.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Wanjala S. Nasong’o 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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Kenyan History
Editors: Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Maurice N. Amutabi, Toyin Falola
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09487-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-09486-6Published: 26 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-09489-7Published: 26 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-09487-3Published: 25 January 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 265
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: African History, African Politics, African Culture, African Economics, Development Studies, World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions)