A Piecemeal Avalanche: the Uneven Topography of Statistics in Colonial Kenya, c. 1900 to 1952

Limitations, politics and spatiality of statistical knowledge, with particular reference to population and agricultural statistics

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
31 October 2018
Country:
Kenya
Document Type:
Journal Article
皇冠体育appme:
Economic Growth and Governance and Conflict
First published:
18 September 2017
Authors:
Duminy, J.

Abstract

皇冠体育app focus is on the limitations, politics, and spatiality of statistical knowledge in colonial Kenya, with particular reference to population and agricultural statistics. 皇冠体育app objective is to contribute to recent debates surrounding the role of statistics and enumeration within colonial government and, in particular, research emphasizing the uneven nature of colonial statistical knowledge

This work is part of 鈥楪overning Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa鈥� project supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Department for International Development.

Citation

Duminy, J. Urban Forum (2017) A Piecemeal Avalanche: the Uneven Topography of Statistics in Colonial Kenya, c. 1900 to 1952. Urban Forum December 2017, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 403鈥�420 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-017-9318-z

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