Very Different Land : Memories of Empire from the Farmlands of Kenya

Name: Very Different Land
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
SKU: 9781780769967
Price: 9900 KES
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ISBN: 9781780769967

by Hilary Sunman

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 1780769962

ISBN-13 9781780769967

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint Radcliffe Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 21st, 2014

Print length 296 Pages

Weight 534 grams

Dimensions 14.70 x 22.30 x 3.30 cms

Product Classification: Kenya 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 c 1940 to c 1949 African history 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 Colonialism & imperialism History African history Colonialism and imperialism

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This book provides a unique and moving account of a country in transition and the pivotal roles played by those on the ground in the final years of empire.

In this book, Hilary Sunman considers the day-to-day experience of her father, Owen, who served in the Colonial Agricultural Service from 1928-1950. Weaving together a human and family story, she combines her father’s work with her own experience as a development economist to discuss colonial policy. Focusing on themes such as All the the ''White Highlands'', race, colonial leadership, and the rise of the Mau Mau, she looks at the academic training in agricultural science offered as preparation for the colonial service as well as the attraction of Africa and the idealism felt by many young officers. Using her family as a case study, she examines the realities of life in Kenya for the wives and children of colonial officers, as well as for the officers themselves.

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