USA Africa Dialogue Series - NEW BOOKS: The Palgrave Handbook of Kenyan History & The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Kenya

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Two new books on Kenya

 

This volume covers Kenya's history, society, culture, economics, politics, and environment

INTRODUCING: The Palgrave Handbook of Kenyan History & The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Kenya [2023] ISBN: 978-3-031-09486-6 The Palgrave Handbook of Kenyan History ISBN: 978-3-031-09486-6 | Published 2023 This volume covers Kenya's history, society, culture, economics, politics, and environment from precolonial times through the first years of independence. The book comprises twenty-one chapters divided into two parts. Part I focuses on the long precolonial moment, detailing the nature of precolonial Kenyan societies and their economics, politics, gender dynamics, and social organization. Part II examines Kenyan societies' encounters with British colonialism, critically outlining the impact and implications of these encounters. The volume concludes with an examination of political consolidation after the country's attainment of political independence and the subsequent foundations for political authoritarianism. Table of Content Introduction: Kenya in Historical Perspective The Long Precolonial Moment • The Bantu Origins, Migration, and Settlement in Kenya • The Migration of Nilotes and Their Settlement • Cushitic Migration and Settlement in Kenya • The Arrival of Arabs and Asians in Kenya • Kingdoms, Politics, and State Formation in Pre-colonial Kenya • Traditional Families and Social Networks in Kenya • Pre-colonial Economic Activities: Crafts, Industry, and Trade Colonial Encounters • The Colonial Political Economy in Kenya • The Kenyan Shilling: History of an East African Currency • Colonial Agricultural Development • The Impact of the First and Second World Wars on Kenya • Politics and Social Life in White Settler Towns • The Environment Under Colonialism • The Mass Media and Cultural Change • The Influence of Pioneer Schools and Makerere University on Kenya's Post-Colonial Development • African Women in Colonial Kenya, 1900–1963 • The Trade Union Movement in Colonial and Postcolonial Kenya • The Rise of Anti-colonial Nationalism • Lancaster House Independence Constitutional Negotiations, 1960–1963 • Political Consolidation and the Rise of Single-Party Authoritarianism READ MORE ISBN: 978-3-031-15853-7 The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Kenya ISBN: 978-3-031-15853-7 | Published 2023 This volume is a bold attempt to address a comprehensive range of themes and issues relating to contemporary Kenya. It covers independent Kenya's history, society, culture, economics, politics, and environment with great breadth and depth, comprising thirty-four chapters divided into three parts. Part I focuses on independence and the political economy of development, followed by Part II on environment, globalization, gender, and society. Part III examines the external context's impact and implications for Kenya and the role of Kenya in the global political economy. Table of Content Contemporary Kenya: Politics, Economics, Environment, and Society Independence and the Political Economy of Development • Structural Adjustment and Economic Reforms in Kenya • Higher Education Policy and Reforms in Kenya • Gangs, Militias, and Vigilantes in Rural and Urban Violence in Kenya • Role of Students in National Politics in Kenya • Kenyan Public Intellectuals and National Development Debates • The Matatu Industry in Nairobi • Pastoralism and the Northern Kenya Economy • Venture Capital and Silicon Savannah Valley in Kenya Environment, Globalization, Gender, and Society • Environmental Policy and Practice in Kenya • Wangari Muta Maathai and the Green Belt Movement • The Women's Movement and Gender Politics in Kenya • The Youth and Socio-Economic Development in Kenya • Civil Society and the Politics of Democratization • The Second Republic and the Politics of Devolution • Ethnicity and Political Violence in Kenya • Presidential Leadership Styles from Jomo to Uhuru • Sport and Recreation in Kenya • Religion and the Cultures of Kenya • Kiswahili in Kenya: Broken Language and Broken Promises • Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Medicine in Kenya • Kenya's Security Sector: Reform in a Changing Strategic Environment • The Impact of Globalization in Kenya The External Context • Colonial Boundaries and Emerging Border Contestations in Post-Independent Kenya • Illiberalism, Human Rights, and Rule of Law: A Kenyan Paradox • Mapping Kenya's Diaspora and Its National Economic, Social, Cultural, and Political Impact • Foreign Policy and Kenya's Foreign Relations, 1963–2017 • Al-Shabaab and the Regional Security Dilemma • Kenya-US Relations and the War on Terror • China in Kenya and Its Impact and Implications • Kenya and Regional Integration Schemes • Kenya's External Trade • Kenya in World Politics • Kenya: Future Imaginations READ MORE ABOUT THE EDITORS • Wanjala S. Nasong'o is Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, USA. • Maurice N. Amutabi is Professor and Director of the Center for Science and Technology Studies at the Technical University of Kenya. • Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is an honorary professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Extraordinary Professor of Human Rights at the University of the Free State, South Africa. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe