Going Their Separate Ways: Agrarian Transformation in Kenya, 1930-1950

In this case study of Kenyan land reform based on a survey questionnaire and archival sources, Maxon (history, West Virginia U.), who has taught in Kenya, compares and contrasts agrarian changes that took place in two rural regions of the country between 1930 and 1950. Although Vihiga and Gusiiland are similar in size and other keys ways, they diverged in the degree they partook of the colonial economy and their part in the agrarian revolution zone. Distributed by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR