A Very Different Land: Memories of Empire from the Farmlands of Kenya, 1st Edition

.In this book, Hilary Sunman considers the day-to-day experience of her father, Owen, who served in the Colonial Agricultural Service from 1928-1950. Weaving together a human and family story, she combines her father’s work with her own experience as a development economist to discuss colonial policy. Focusing on themes such as All the the ‘White Highlands’, race, colonial leadership, and the rise of the Mau Mau, she looks at the academic training in agricultural science offered as preparation for the colonial service as well as the attraction of Africa and the idealism felt by many young officers. Using her family as a case study, she examines the realities of life in Kenya for the wives and children of colonial officers, as well as for the officers themselves.A Very Different Land: Memories of Empire from the Farmlands of Kenya 1st Edition is written by Hilary Sunman and published by Radcliffe Press. ISBNs for A Very Different Land are 9780857736819, 0857736817 and the print ISBNs are 9781780769967, 1780769962.