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Imperial reckoning the untold story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya /
Thousands of Kenyans fought alongside the British in World War II, but just a few years after the defeat of Hitler, the British colonial government detained nearly the entire population of Kenya's largest ethnic minority, the Kikuyu--some one and a half million people. The story of the system o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt and Co.,
2005.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical Description: |
xvi, 475 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information - |
| Summary: | Thousands of Kenyans fought alongside the British in World War II, but just a few years after the defeat of Hitler, the British colonial government detained nearly the entire population of Kenya's largest ethnic minority, the Kikuyu--some one and a half million people. The story of the system of prisons and work camps where thousands met their deaths has remained largely untold, because of a determined effort by the British to destroy all official records of their attempts to stop the Mau Mau uprising, the Kikuyu people's ultimately successful bid for Kenyan independence--Publisher. |
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| Physical Description: |
xvi, 475 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-449) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0805067809 0805076530 |