Labor in Colonial Kenya after the Forced Labor Convention, 1930–1963
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-17607-5 (ISBN)
Opolot Okia is Professor of African History at Wright State University, USA. He is the author of Communal Labor in Colonial Kenya: The Legitimization of Coercion, 1912-1930 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and was previously a Fulbright Scholar at Makerere University in Uganda and Moi University in Kenya.
1 Introduction: Communal Forced Labor as a Mask of Tradition.- 2 ''Skinny Scarecrows'': Forced Labor in Kenya before the Forced Labor Convention.- 3 The Tactical Compromise: The 1930 Forced Labor Convention and Kenya Colony.- 4 Interlude: Forced Labor during WWII.- 5 Protecting the Soil (1): Communal Labor and Land Degradation in Central Province.- 6 Protecting the Soil (2): Communal Labor and Land Degredation in Nyanza Province.- 7 Controlling ''Spivs'': The ILO and Emergency Communal Labor, 1952-1960.- 8 Conclusion: The Phoenix of Abolition.-
Erscheinungsdatum | 11.09.2019 |
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Zusatzinfo | IX, 265 p. 8 illus., 7 illus. in color. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 488 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
Schlagworte | British Administration • British Empire • Coercive Labor • Decolonization • East Africa • Forced Labor Convention • International Labor Organization • Mau Mau Rebellion • Soil preservation • Traditional community values |
ISBN-10 | 3-030-17607-X / 303017607X |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-17607-5 / 9783030176075 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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