Food and Famine in Colonial Kenya

by James Duminy

Book Overview

This book offers a genealogical critique of how food scarcity was governed in colonial Kenya. With an approach informed by the 'analysis of government', the study accounts for the emergence and persistence of dominant approaches to promoting food security in Kenya and elsewhere in Africa - policies and practices that prioritize increased agricultural production as the principal means of achieving food security. Drawing on a range of archival sources,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303110966X
• ISBN13: 9783031109669
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"