Matatu : A History of Popular Transportation in Nairobi /

Drive the streets of Nairobi, and you are sure to see many matatus-colorful minibuses that transport huge numbers of people around the city. Once ramshackle affairs held together with duct tape and wire, matatus today are name-brand vehicles maxed out with aftermarket detailing. They can be stately...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mutongi, Kenda (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]
Temas:
Local transit > Kenya > Nairobi.
Minibuses > Kenya > Nairobi.
Transportation > Kenya > Nairobi.
Transportation > Kenya > Nairobi.
Urban transportation policy > Kenya > Nairobi.
HISTORY / General.
Kenya's political economy.
Nairobi.
Obama.
Urban history.
historical ethnography.
indigenous entrepreneurship.
matatu.
organized crime.
social media.
transportation history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • PART ONE. Background
  • INTRODUCTION. Matatu
  • ONE. "The Only Way to Get There Was on Foot"
  • PART TWO. Moving People, Building the Nation, 1960-73
  • TWO. "It Is a Difficult System to Beat"
  • THREE. "We Are Making a Living by Constitutional Means"
  • PART THREE. Deregulation, 1973- 84
  • FOUR. Kenyatta's Decree, 1973
  • FIVE. "Jump In, Squeeze, Jump Out-Quickly!"
  • PART FOUR. Government Regulation, 1984- 88
  • SIX. The Matatu Bill of 1984
  • SEVEN. "Only Those Who Are Afraid Use Force"
  • PART FIVE. Organized Crime? 1988-2014
  • EIGHT. KANU Youth Wingers
  • NINE. Mungiki: Fighting a Phantom?
  • PART SIX. Generation Matatu, Politics, and Popular Culture, 1990- 2014
  • TEN. Music, Politics, and Profit
  • ELEVEN. "Pimp" My Ride
  • PART SEVEN. Self- Regulation, 2003- 14
  • TWELVE. The Michuki Rules
  • CONCLUSION. Making It in Nairobi
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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