Decolonizing the colonial city : urbanization and stratification in Kingston, Jamaica /

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Colin Clarke investigates the role of class, colour, race, and culture in the changing social stratification and spatial patterning of Kingston, Jamaica since independence. He concludes with a comparison with the post-colonial urban problems of South Africa and Brazil. Includes multiple maps produce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clarke, Colin G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
Temas:
Urbanization > Jamaica > Kingston.
Social stratification > Jamaica > Kingston.
Urbanisation > Jamaïque > Kingston.
Stratification sociale > Jamaïque > Kingston.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Race relations
Social stratification
Urbanization
Soziale Schichtung
Ethnische Beziehungen
Verstädterung
Kingston (Jamaica) > Race relations.
Jamaica > Kingston
Kingston > Jamaika
Kingston <Jamaika>
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Kingston: A Creole Colonial City (1692-1962); 2. Urbanization in Kingston since Independence; 3. Plural Stratification: Colour-Class and Culture; 4. Colour-Class and Race Segregation: The Spatial Dimension; 5. From Slum to Ghetto: Social Deprivation; 6. Politics, Violence, and Drugs; 7. Decolonization and the Politics of National Culture; 8. Conclusion; References; Index

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