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3. Growing Up and Out of Colonialism

  • David K. Leonard
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African Successes
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© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS VII
  3. List of Illustrations XIII
  4. List of Tables XV
  5. Preface XVII
  6. Map 1 XIX
  7. Map 2 XX
  8. Abbreviations and Glossary XXI
  9. Abbreviated Chronology of Political Events in Kenya XXIII
  10. List of Principal Persons in the Book XXV
  11. Simplified Family Trees of the Administrators Studied XXVIII
  12. Acknowledgments XXX
  13. 1. Introduction: Individuals, Institutions, and Interests 1
  14. 2. The Foundation 15
  15. 3. Growing Up and Out of Colonialism 39
  16. 4. Independence and the Emerging Class Structure 73
  17. 5. Nyachae and Administrative Power in the Kenyatta State 103
  18. 6. Karanja and the Kenya Tea Development Authority 125
  19. 7. Muriithi and the Dairy Industry 145
  20. 8. The Moi Presidencies and Their Impact on Karanja and Muriithi 168
  21. 9. Rural Development, Decentralization, and Mule's Apprenticeship 183
  22. 10. Nyachae, Mule, District Focus, and Agriculture 202
  23. 11. The Unofficial Lives 220
  24. 12. African Managerial Success: Conclusions about Individuals 248
  25. 13. The State and Administrative Development: Conclusions about Institutions and Interests 275
  26. Appendix A. Ethnic Determinants of Civil Service Promotions 303
  27. Appendix B. Bureaucratic Influences and the Regional Allocation of Government Services 306
  28. Appendix C. Persons Interviewed 330
  29. Notes 337
  30. Index of Persons 363
  31. Index of Subjects 369
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520343115-013

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS VII
  3. List of Illustrations XIII
  4. List of Tables XV
  5. Preface XVII
  6. Map 1 XIX
  7. Map 2 XX
  8. Abbreviations and Glossary XXI
  9. Abbreviated Chronology of Political Events in Kenya XXIII
  10. List of Principal Persons in the Book XXV
  11. Simplified Family Trees of the Administrators Studied XXVIII
  12. Acknowledgments XXX
  13. 1. Introduction: Individuals, Institutions, and Interests 1
  14. 2. The Foundation 15
  15. 3. Growing Up and Out of Colonialism 39
  16. 4. Independence and the Emerging Class Structure 73
  17. 5. Nyachae and Administrative Power in the Kenyatta State 103
  18. 6. Karanja and the Kenya Tea Development Authority 125
  19. 7. Muriithi and the Dairy Industry 145
  20. 8. The Moi Presidencies and Their Impact on Karanja and Muriithi 168
  21. 9. Rural Development, Decentralization, and Mule's Apprenticeship 183
  22. 10. Nyachae, Mule, District Focus, and Agriculture 202
  23. 11. The Unofficial Lives 220
  24. 12. African Managerial Success: Conclusions about Individuals 248
  25. 13. The State and Administrative Development: Conclusions about Institutions and Interests 275
  26. Appendix A. Ethnic Determinants of Civil Service Promotions 303
  27. Appendix B. Bureaucratic Influences and the Regional Allocation of Government Services 306
  28. Appendix C. Persons Interviewed 330
  29. Notes 337
  30. Index of Persons 363
  31. Index of Subjects 369
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