The souls of white folk White settlers in Kenya, 1900s-1920s /
Shadle, Brett Lindsay,author.
Kenya's white settlers have long captivated observers. They are alternately celebrated and condemned, painted as romantic pioneers, hedonistic bed-hoppers or crude racists. However, if we wish to better understand Kenya's tortured history, we must examine settlers not as caricatures, but as people inhabiting a unique historical moment. This book offers a striking new interpretation of white settlement in early colonial Kenya by interrogating settlers' lives. It takes seriously - though not uncritically - what settlers said, how they viewed themselves and their world.
Description based upon print version of record.
Kenya's white settlers have long captivated observers. They are alternately celebrated and condemned, painted as romantic pioneers, hedonistic bed-hoppers or crude racists. However, if we wish to better understand Kenya's tortured history, we must examine settlers not as caricatures, but as people inhabiting a unique historical moment. This book offers a striking new interpretation of white settlement in early colonial Kenya by interrogating settlers' lives. It takes seriously - though not uncritically - what settlers said, how they viewed themselves and their world.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-177) and index.
Introduction : the souls of white folk -- Race, civilization, and paternalism -- Prestige, whiteness, and the state -- Chivalry, immorality, and intimacy -- The law and the lash.
Description based on print version record.
Siedler.
Weisse.
Colonists.
Ethnic relations
Colonists