This product does not have any reviews yet - Only 32 European settlers died in the subsequent fighting, but more than 1,800 African civilians, over 3,000 African police and soldiers, and 12,000 Mau Mau rebels were killed.Between 1953 and 1956 Britain sent over a thousand Kenyans to the gallows, often on trumped up or non-existent charges. From an academic perspective I appreciate the thought and thorough history this book provides, but from a reader's perspective a lot seems repetitive--which is a reality of the actual history and the horrors that occurred. Anderson just wrote this NYT op-ed re Brits recently admitting to torture in Kenya and agreeing to some reparations, however small. It was important given the revisionist history to be so thorough, but at the same time it may prevent less dedicated people from learning the basics of the history of that time.
Interesting topic but really poorly written. Pp. *This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.British evening television news coverage concentrated on resignations from Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government and…British evening television news coverage concentrated on resignations from Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government and…BBC Parliament TV’s “The Record Review” examined the major events in the British Parliament over the past few months.…https://images.c-span.org/defaults/BookTV_default-image.jpg He described the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s which… Imagine the tea cups shattering throughout House of Lords (not that we Yanks have any reason to be smug on this matter). Good scholarship and insights into the factors motivating all sides of the issues at hand. Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog.
It provides proof, yet again, that war is hell and a dirty business, that men are capable of all sorts of cruelty and inhumanity to other men, civilization isn't as civilized as it likes to think, and that we live in a fallen and sinful world. Imagine the tea cups shattering throughout House of Lords (not that we Yanks have any reason to be smug on this matter). Fascinating, generally well-written history of the 1950's Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya. Although precise figures are not available, Mau Mau is almost certainly one of the most written‐about events in twentieth‐century African history.These works by David Anderson and Caroline Elkins are the most recent contributions to the substantial historiography of Mau Mau. Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos. Led me to look up his book. You could not be signed in. Anderson's meticulous account of the Mau Mau conflict in late colonial Kenya is all the more damning for its careful marshalling of court records, public and private documents, and other firsthand accounts to build his story. Edition by Anderson, David (ISBN: 9780297847199) from Amazon's Book Store.
Request PDF | On Nov 1, 2006, Øystein H. Rolandsen published Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate it shows how most of the leaders were biased and were doing more to please the British settlers than to actually deal and solve the problems of Kenyan citizens who were mistreated the most by Mau Mau and the British rulings.This is probably as definitive an account of Britain's role in the Mau Mau 'emergency' as exists. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of It is has a strong political bias. A very comprehensive and even-handed history of how Kenya's Mau Mau movement developed, progressed, and ultimately ended (although you can't say it was necessarily "resolved). --John Hope Franklin. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire. £1.99; £1.99; Publisher Description. Please check your email address / username and password and try again. His research interests have remained focused upon eastern and central Africa, but his published work has ranged across a wide variety of topics, from histories of environmental change to current analysis of political violence. In "a gripping narrative that is all but impossible to put down" (Joseph C. Miller), Histories of the Hanged exposes the long-hidden colonial crimes of the British in Kenya. It is a pretty balanced account--in a-pox-on-all-your-houses sort of way. Led me to look up his book.
David Anderson is co-editor of the Journal of Eastern African Studies. EUR €27.00
Important if disturbing book ... so relevant to today's contempt for equality in internationalism.Fascinating account (and revision of the current history) of the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya. A pivotal piece of research of a very unfortunate time period and of what had been an often misrepresented history. First-rate historical research and writing. David Anderson's HISTORIES OF THE HANGED, however, is an exception. Excessive detail made the text incredibly dense in spots.David Anderson is Professor of African Politics and Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford. All rights reserved. https://textbookcentre.com/.../histories-of-the-hanged_24679 David Anderson.