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Histories Of The Hanged
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Author : David Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-12-30
Histories Of The Hanged written by David Anderson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-30 with History categories.
The true story of the Mau Mau rebellion of 1952-60 in Kenya, told for the first time This book tells for the first time the story of the dirty war the British fought in Kenya, in the run-up to the country's independence in 1964. In 1952, after years of tension and bitterness, the grievances of the Gikuyu people of central Kenya exploded into open rebellion. Only 32 European settlers died in the subsequent fighting, but more than 1,800 African civilians, over 3,000 African police and soldiers, and 12,000 Mau Mau rebels were killed. Between 1953 and 1956 Britain sent over a thousand Kenyans to the gallows, often on trumped up or non-existent charges. Meanwhile 70,000 people were imprisoned in camps without trial for between two and six years. David Anderson provides a full and convincing account of a war in which all sides behaved badly, and therefore few of the combatants can be either fully excused, or blamed. These events are still within living memory, and eye-witness testimonies provide the backbone of this controversial story.
Histories Of The Hanged The Dirty War In Kenya And The End Of Empire
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Author : David Anderson
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2011-02-07
Histories Of The Hanged The Dirty War In Kenya And The End Of Empire written by David Anderson and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-07 with History categories.
"A remarkable account of Britain's last stand in Kenya. This is imperial history at its very best."--John Hope Franklin In "a gripping narrative that is all but impossible to put down" (Joseph C. Miller), Histories of the Hanged exposes the long-hidden colonial crimes of the British in Kenya. This groundbreaking work tells how the brutal war between the colonial government and the insurrectionist Mau Mau between 1952 and 1960 dominated the final bloody decade of imperialism in East Africa. Using extraordinary new evidence, David Anderson puts the colonial government on trial with eyewitness testimony from over 800 court cases and previously unseen archives. His research exonerates the Kikuyu rebels; hardly the terrorists they were thought to be; and reveals the British to be brutal aggressors in a "dirty war" that involved leaders at the highest ranks of the British government. This astonishing piece of scholarship portrays a teetering colonial empire in its final phase; employing whatever military and propaganda methods it could to preserve an order that could no longer hold.
Britain S Gulag
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Author : Caroline Elkins
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2023-09-21
Britain S Gulag written by Caroline Elkins and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-21 with History categories.
Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. The draconian response of Britain's colonial government was to detain nearly the entire Kikuyu population of 1.5 million and to portray them as sub-human savages. Detainees in their thousands - possibly a hundred thousand or more - died from exhaustion, disease, starvation and systemic physical brutality. For decades these events remained untold. Caroline Elkins conducted years of research to piece together this story, unearthing reams of documents and interviewing several hundred Kikuyu survivors. Britain's Gulag reveals, for the first time, the full savagery of the Mau Mau war and the ruthless determination with which Britain sought to control its empire.
The Hanged Man
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Author : Robert Bartlett
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2006-04-02
The Hanged Man written by Robert Bartlett and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-02 with History categories.
Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged. They placed a noose around his neck, dropped him from the gallows, and later pronounced him dead. But was he dead? While no less than nine eyewitnesses attested to his demise, Cragh later proved to be very much alive, his resurrection attributed to the saintly entreaties of the defunct Bishop Thomas de Cantilupe. The Hanged Man tells the story of this putative miracle--why it happened, what it meant, and how we know about it. The nine eyewitness accounts live on in the transcripts of de Cantilupe's canonization hearings, and these previously unexamined documents contribute not only to an enthralling mystery, but to an unprecedented glimpse into the day-to-day workings of medieval society. While unraveling the haunting tale of the hanged man, Robert Bartlett leads us deeply into the world of lords, rebels, churchmen, papal inquisitors, and other individuals living at the time of conflict and conquest in Wales. In the process, he reconstructs voices that others have failed to find. We hear from the lady of the castle where the hanged man was imprisoned, the laborer who watched the execution, the French bishop charged with investigating the case, and scores of other members of the medieval citizenry. Brimming with the intrigue of a detective novel, The Hanged Man will appeal to both scholars of medieval history and general readers alike.
The London Hanged
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Author : Peter Linebaugh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The London Hanged written by Peter Linebaugh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
In a time characterized by increasing attempts of propertied classes to criminalize the customary rights of the working classes, the gallows at Tyburn became the dramatic focus of a struggle between the rich & the poor within a century of unparalleled growth in trade & commerce.
Seven Who Were Hanged
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Author : LEONID. ANDREYEV
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Seven Who Were Hanged written by LEONID. ANDREYEV and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
Seven Who Were Hanged
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Author : Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev
language : en
Publisher: Pinnacle Press
Release Date : 2017-05-24
Seven Who Were Hanged written by Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev and has been published by Pinnacle Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-24 with History categories.
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Rope
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Author : Amanda Howard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Rope written by Amanda Howard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Capital punishment categories.
"Amanda Howard has compiled a brief history of hanging that is enlightening, disturbing, and always interesting."--Back cover.
The Seven Who Were Hanged
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Author : Leonid Andreyev
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1949
The Seven Who Were Hanged written by Leonid Andreyev and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1949 with Executions and executioners categories.
Hanged
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Author : Kathy Deinhardt Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Hanged written by Kathy Deinhardt Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Criminals categories.
Hanged explores the history behind each legal hanging in Idaho.