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Maxon, Robert M.

Kenya's independence constitution : constitution-making and end o f empire / Robert M. Maxon. - [Madison, N.J.] : Lanha m, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield, c2011. - 358 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-352) and index.

Background to constitution-making and decolonization -- Pressures fo r a new constitution : Kenya, 1960-61 -- Majimbo takes center stage -- The battle for Majimbo : Lancaster House II -- Making the constitution, April-December 1962 -- Completing the constitution, December 1962-Apri l 1963 -- The 1963 election and setting a date for independence -- Chan ge the constitution part 1, April-September 1963 -- Change the constitu tion part 2 : Lancaster House III and Kenya's independence constitution , September-December 1963 -- Constitution-making : Uhuru na Majimbo.

ISBN: 9781611470529 (cloth : alk. paper) 1611470528 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011-015667

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Kenya. Constitution (1963)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Decolonization-- History-- Kenya-- 20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kenya-- Politics and government-- To 1963.
Kenya-- History-- 1895-1963.

Dewey Class. No.: 342.676202