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035			_a(OCoLC)987014773
037			_bYale Univ Pr, C/O Triliteral Llc 100 Maple Ridge Dr, Cumberland, RI, USA, 02864-1769, (401)6584226 _nSAN 631-8126
040			_aNZROP _beng _cTZ-ArACH
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049			_aTZAA
050		4	_aDT433 _b.B73 2012
100	1		_aBranch, Daniel, _d1978-
245	1	0	_aKenya : _bbetween hope and despair, 1963-2012 / _cDaniel Branch.
260			_aNew Haven, Conn. ; _aLondon : _bYale University Press, _c2011.
300			_axi, 378 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, map, portraits ; _c20 cm
500			_aOriginally published: 2011.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: the party -- Freedom and suffering, 1963-69 -- The big man, 1968-69 -- The fallen angel, 1970-75 -- Footsteps, 1975-82 -- Love, peace, and unity, 1982-88 -- The war of arrows, 1989-94 -- The Goldenberg years, 1993-2002 -- Nothing actually really changed, 2002-11 -- Conclusion: the leopards and the goats -- Afterword: the second republic, 2011-13.
520			_aOn December 12, 1963, people across Kenya joyfully celebrated independence from British colonial rule, anticipating a bright future of prosperity and social justice. As the nation approaches the fiftieth anniversary of its independence, however, the people's dream remains elusive. During its first five decades Kenya has experienced assassinations, riots, coup attempts, ethnic violence, and political corruption. The ranks of the disaffected, the unemployed, and the poor have multiplied. In this authoritative and insightful account of Kenya's history from 1963 to the present day, Daniel Branch sheds new light on the nation's struggles and the complicated causes behind them. Branch describes how Kenya constructed itself as a state and how ethnicity has proved a powerful force in national politics from the start, as have disorder and violence. He explores such divisive political issues as the needs of the landless poor, international relations with Britain and with the Cold War superpowers, and the direction of economic development. Tracing an escalation of government corruption over time, the author brings his discussion to the present, paying particular attention to the rigged election of 2007, the subsequent compromise government, and Kenya's prospects as a still-evolving independent state. -- Publisher description.
648		7	_aSince 1963 _2fast
650		7	_aPolitics and government. _2fast
650		7	_aSocial conditions. _2fast
651		0	_aKenya _xPolitics and government _y1963-1978.
651		0	_aKenya _xPolitics and government _y1978-2002.
651		0	_aKenya _xPolitics and government _y2002-
651		0	_aKenya _xSocial conditions _y1963-
651		7	_aKenya. _2fast
856	4	2	_uhttp://lib.leeds.ac.uk/search/febook3355857 _zThis title is also available as an eBook. Click here.
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