{"product_id":"empire-state-building-joanna-lewis-9780821413999","title":"Empire State-Building: War and Welfare in Kenya, 1925-1952","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis history of administrative thought and practice in colonial Kenya looks at the ways in which white people tried to engineer social change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt asks four questions: \u003cbr\u003e- Why was Kenya's welfare operation so idiosyncratic and spartan compared with that of other British colonies?\u003cbr\u003e- Why did a transformation from social welfare to community development produce further neglect of the very poor?\u003cbr\u003e- Why was there no equivalent to the French tradition of community medicine?\u003cbr\u003e- If there was a transformatory element of colonial rule that sought to address poverty, where and why did it fall down?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answers offer revealing insight into the dynamics of rule in the late colonial period in Kenya.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanna Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821413996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821413999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 6.46w x 1.19d","brand":"Joanna Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947345281279,"sku":"9780821413999","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8a1857a9-8c26-4242-8f2f-183b357bbd9f.jpg?v=1681518172","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empire-state-building-joanna-lewis-9780821413999","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}