{"product_id":"imperial-reckoning-caroline-elkins-9780805080018","title":"Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major work of history that for the first time reveals the violence and terror at the heart of Britain's civilizing mission in Kenya\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs part of the Allied forces, thousands of Kenyans fought alongside the British in World War II. But just a few years after the defeat of Hitler, the British colonial government detained nearly the entire population of Kenya's largest ethnic minority, the Kikuyu-some one and a half million people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe compelling story of the system of prisons and work camps where thousands met their deaths has remained largely untold-the victim of a determined effort by the British to destroy all official records of their attempts to stop the Mau Mau uprising, the Kikuyu people's ultimately successful bid for Kenyan independence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaroline Elkins, an assistant professor of history at Harvard University, spent a decade in London, Nairobi, and the Kenyan countryside interviewing hundreds of Kikuyu men and women who survived the British camps, as well as the British and African loyalists who detained them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is an unforgettable account of the unraveling of the British colonial empire in Kenya-a pivotal moment in twentieth- century history with chilling parallels to America's own imperial project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eImperial Reckoning \u003c\/i\u003eis the winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Elkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0805080015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805080018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/11\/2006 pg. 32","brand":"Caroline Elkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048344613119,"sku":"9780805080018","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_14cdd355-df6f-454c-aa13-c9dd960548f4.jpg?v=1684995263","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imperial-reckoning-caroline-elkins-9780805080018","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}