附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-281) and index.
List of figures and tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Agrarian structure and resource control, Murang's district: the ng'undu system circa 1880 -- 3. Discourse, custom and land: 1899-1934 -- 4. The construction of colonial argricultural knowledge, Kenya, 1914-1952 -- 5. 'Betterment' I. Agricultural production, Murang'a District, 1905-1952 -- 6. 'Betterment' II. The campaign to save the soil, Murang'a District, 1930-1952 -- 7. Murang'a District: land, labor and environment -- Notes -- Archival sources -- References -- Index.