Labor in Colonial Kenya after the Forced Labor Convention, 1930–1963. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Opolot Okia.
• Authors: Okia, Opolot
• Contents: 1 Introduction: Communal Forced Labor as a Mask of Tradition.- 2 ''Skinny Scarecrows'': Forced Labor in Kenya before the Forced Labor Convention.- 3 The Tactical Compromise: The 1930 Forced Labor Convention and Kenya Colony.- 4 Interlude: Forced Labor during WWII.- 5 Protecting the Soil (1): Communal Labor and Land Degradation in Central Province.- 6 Protecting the Soil (2): Communal Labor and Land Degredation in Nyanza Province.- 7 Controlling ''Spivs'': The ILO and Emergency Communal Labor, 1952-1960.- 8 Conclusion: The Phoenix of Abolition.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (265 pages)
• Subjects: History; Imperialism; History, Modern; History -- General; Political Science -- Labor & Industrial Relations; History -- Modern -- General; Colonialism & imperialism; Social & cultural history; History: earliest times to present day; History -- Africa -- General; African history; Africa, Sub-Saharan-History; Labor-History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030176082
• Related ISBNs: 9783030176075
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.