Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in KenyaA major work of history that for the first time reveals the violence and terror at the heart of Britain's civilizing mission in Kenya |
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... missionaries, and European settlers who were willing to speak with me, though many would offer their vivid accounts only if I agreed not to reveal their names. To meet with them, I would often take my old Subaru out to one of Nairobi's ...
... missionaries had a leading role in Britain's civilizing mission in Kenya, as they did throughout most of the empire. Missionaries were determined to convert the Africans not just to Christianity but to an entire Western way of life ...
The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya Caroline Elkins. missionaries banned the practice for their converts. In response to missionary pressure, colonial officials in Nairobi altered their typical handsoff approach toward African ...
... missionaries would fight endlessly with the colonial government to expand the official definition of loyalism, claiming that their Christian flock comprised the most loyal and Western-leaning Kikuyu in the colony. They would have very ...
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Contents
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31 | |
THREE SCREENING | 62 |
FOUR REHABILITATION | 91 |
FIVE THE BIRTH OF BRITAINS GULAG | 121 |
SIX THE WORLD BEHIND THE WIRE | 154 |
SEVEN THE HARD CORE | 192 |
EIGHT DOMESTIC TERROR | 233 |
EPILOGUE | 354 |
APPENDIX THE OPERATING PIPELINE CIRCA JANUARY 1956 | 369 |
NOTE ON METHODS | 371 |
NOTES | 377 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 433 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 451 |
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS | 457 |
INDEX | 459 |
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Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya Caroline Elkins Limited preview - 2005 |
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya Caroline Elkins Limited preview - 2005 |
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya Caroline Elkins No preview available - 2005 |