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Drawing from accounts of colonial experience in western Kenya, Population, Tradition, and Environmental Control in Colonial Kenya examines the government's efforts to enforce certain land management programs in relation to its initiatives to revive and co-opt African "traditions" in soil conservation and land consolidation programs. Martin Shanguhyia analyzes how these programs were negotiated or contested by the local community; further, he argues that their legacy continues to define the everyday experiences of the rural population in Vihiga County, Western Province, notably in termsof high population densities and diminishing returns from the land. Relying on a rich collection of archival sources as well as oral interviews, the book explores the intersection between government policies, demography, and community traditions within a rapidly declining natural environment and adds significantly to our understanding of Africa's environmental history.
Martin Shanguhyiais assistant professor of history at Syracuse University.
Land use --- Soil conservation --- History. --- African traditions. --- Colonial Kenya. --- Community. --- Environmental Control. --- Historical analysis. --- Land management. --- Politics. --- Population. --- Society. --- Tradition.
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This wide-ranging volume presents the most complete appraisal of modern African history to date. It assembles dozens of new and established scholars to tackle the questions and subjects that define the field, ranging from the economy, the two world wars, nationalism, decolonization, and postcolonial politics to religion, development, sexuality, and the African youth experience. Contributors are drawn from numerous fields in African studies, including art, music, literature, education, and anthropology. The themes they cover illustrate the depth of modern African history and the diversity and originality of lenses available for examining it. Older themes in the field have been treated to an engaging re-assessment, while new and emerging themes are situated as the book’s core strength. The result is a comprehensive, vital picture of where the field of modern African history stands today.
History. --- History, Modern. --- Africa --- Imperialism. --- Social history. --- Imperialism and Colonialism. --- African History. --- Modern History. --- Social History. --- Colonies --- Anti-colonialism --- Colonial affairs --- Colonialism --- Neocolonialism --- Imperialism --- Non-self-governing territories --- Colonization --- Postcolonialism --- African diaspora --- History --- Administration&delete& --- Social aspects&delete& --- Religion --- Black diaspora --- Diaspora, African --- Human geography --- Africans --- Migrations --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Africa-History. --- Descriptive sociology --- Social conditions --- Social history --- Sociology --- Modern history --- World history, Modern --- World history --- Empires --- Expansion (United States politics) --- Political science --- Anti-imperialist movements --- Caesarism --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Militarism --- Africa—History. --- Transatlantic slave trade --- Social aspects --- Administration --- Afrique --- Africa. --- Histoire. --- African diaspora. --- Colonies.
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