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Moving the Maasai: A Colonial Misadventure
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Moving the Maasai: A Colonial Misadventure Hardcover - 2006

by S. Hughes


From the publisher

This is the scandalous story of how the Maasai people of Kenya lost the best part of their land to the British in the 1900s. Drawing upon unique oral testimony and extensive archival research, Hughes describes the intrigues surrounding two enforced moves and the 1913 lawsuit, while explaining why recent events have brought the story full circle.

Details

  • Title Moving the Maasai: A Colonial Misadventure
  • Author S. Hughes
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st. Edition
  • Pages 238
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke
  • Date 2006-01-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781403996619 / 140399661X
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.58 x 6.02 x 0.79 in (21.79 x 15.29 x 2.01 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Modern
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: East Africa
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - Colonies - History, Land tenure - Kenya
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005054653
  • Dewey Decimal Code 967.620

About the author

Lotte Hughes is an historian of Africa and empire, with a special interest in Kenya, based at The Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies, The Open University. Her books include Moving the Maasai: A Colonial Misadventure (2006).