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Derek Peterson

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D.R. Peterson, DEREK PETERSON, DEREK R. PETERSON, Derek Peterson, Derek R. Peterson, Derek R. Peterson, John Lonsdale, Peterson, Derek

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University of Michigan University of Minnesota System University of Minnesota University of Michigan–Flint University of the Western Cape

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Derek Peterson is an author at University of Michigan specializing in colonialism, social sciences, and anthropology.

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Derek Peterson

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	Year	Citations
Defeating Mau Mau, Creating Kenya: Counterinsurgency, Civil War, and Decolonization Derek Peterson The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History Geopolitical ConflictAfrican HistoryColonialismAfrican ConflictInternational Relations	2010	170
Recasting the Past: History Writing and Political Work in Modern Africa Derek Peterson, Giacomo Macola African LiteratureColonialismDecolonialityAfrican Political ThoughtAfrican Diaspora	2009	162
The Invention of Religion: Rethinking Belief in Politics and History Robert L. Montgomery, Derek Peterson, Darren Walhof Review of Religious Research Religious HistoryReligion StudiesReligiosityReligious PluralismLanguage Studies	2003	132
Ocean of Letters: Language and Creolization in an Indian Ocean Diaspora Derek Peterson Slavery and Abolition Indigenous LanguageHeritage LanguageColonialismMultilingualismWorld Languages	2010	109
Translating the Word: Dialogism and Debate in Two Gikuyu Dictionaries Derek Peterson Journal of Religious History Translation StudiesAfrican LiteratureColonialismArgumentation AnalysisDecoloniality	1999	52
Rethinking the state in Idi Amin's Uganda: the politics of exhortation Derek Peterson, Edgar C. Taylor Journal of Eastern African Studies Inflated StatisticsColonialismOfficial DirectiveSocial SciencesJournalism	2013	52
Introduction: New Directions in the History of Missionsin Africa Derek Peterson, Jean Allman Journal of Religious History ColonialismSouth African HistoryDecolonialityAfrican Political ThoughtAfrican Diaspora	1999	50
WORDY WOMEN: GENDER TROUBLE AND THE ORAL POLITICS OF THE EAST AFRICAN REVIVAL IN NORTHERN GIKUYULAND Derek Peterson The Journal of African History Women's RightColonialismWordy WomenEducationAfrican Diaspora	2001	40
"Be Like Firm Soldiers to Develop the Country": Political Imagination and the Geography of Gikuyuland Derek Peterson The International Journal of African Historical Studies	2004	31
THE INTELLECTUAL LIVES OF MAU MAU DETAINEES Derek Peterson The Journal of African History HumanitiesGakaara Wa WanjauColonialismMau Mau DetaineesWar Crime	2008	31

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