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This book examines the social history of the politics of land management in colonial western Kenya from 1920 through 1963, a period of rapid economic and social change. It focuses on two related aspects of land management programs pushed by the colonial government (soil conservation initiatives and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shanguhyia, Martin S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, [2015]
Colección:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
Temas:
Land use > Kenya > History.
Soil conservation > Kenya > History.
Utilisation du sol > Kenya > Histoire.
Sols > Conservation > Kenya > Histoire.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Land use
Soil conservation
Kenya
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Administrative and demographic changes : implications on land relations, 1900-1930
  • Maize and economic prosperity, 1920-38
  • Internationalizing degradation narratives in Kenya, 1930-38
  • Prewar soil conservation initiatives and local responses, 1934-38
  • Wartime production in a besieged environment, 1939-45
  • Postwar development and the dilemma of "reviving" African traditions, 1945-63
  • Regional migration and failed agricultural intensification, 1940-66
  • Conclusion.

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