Land, ecology and resistance in Kenya, 1880-1952 /
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| Author / Creator: | Mackenzie, Fiona. |
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| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, c1998. |
| Description: | xiii, 286 p. : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International African library. 19 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3358316 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction. 1. The 'Revolt of the Women', 1948: forms of resistance. 2. The environment: reconstructing knowledge, deconstructing power. 3. The narrative
- 2. Agrarian structure and resource control, Murang'a District: the ng'undu system circa 1880. 1. Introduction. 2. Language and land. 3. Production, organisation and control. 4. Wanjiru's story: reconstructing agro-ecological knowledge. 5. The 1890s: ecological and human crises
- 3. Discourse, custom and land: 1899-1934. 1. Introduction. 2. The search for 'original custom', 1899-1929. 3. The Committee on Native Land Tenure in Kikuyu Province, 1929. 4. Intersecting arguments: land and environment in the Kenya Land Commission, 1932-1934
- 4. The construction of colonial agricultural knowledge, Kenya, 1914-1952. 1. Introduction. 2. The research agenda. 3. New seeds for old. 4. Politics and soil
- 5. 'Betterment' I. Agricultural production, Murang'a District, 1905-1952. 1. Introduction. The creation of a labour reserve. 2. From millet to maize. 3. The ecology of food crop production. 4. Wattle
- 6. 'Betterment' II. The campaign to save the soil, Murang'a District, 1930-1952. 1. Introduction. 2. 1930-1938. 3. The War Years. 4. 1945-1952. 5. An alternative: coffee
- 7. Murang'a District: land, labour and environment. 1. Introduction. 2. Land: reconstructing custom. 3. Labour - on and off the farm. 4. Gender, economy and environment.