Nasty, Brutish and in shorts? British colonial rule, violence and the historians of Mau Mau

2007/04/01 by Joanna Lewis · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #African history and culture studies #African studies and sociopolitical issues #Colonial rule #Colonialism #History #Law #Political science

paper · doi:10.1080/00358530701303392

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Abstract

Histories of the Hanged: Britain's Dirty War in Kenya and the End of the Empire David Anderson London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005 Britain's Gulag: the Brutal End of Empire in Kenya Caroline Elkins...

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