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Urban design, chaos, and colonial power in Zanzibar /
Across Africa and elsewhere, colonialism promised to deliver progress and development. In urban spaces like Zanzibar, the British vowed to import scientific techniques and practices, ranging from sanitation to urban planning, to create a perfect city. Rather than remaking space, these designs often...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Across Africa and elsewhere, colonialism promised to deliver progress and development. In urban spaces like Zanzibar, the British vowed to import scientific techniques and practices, ranging from sanitation to urban planning, to create a perfect city. Rather than remaking space, these designs often unraveled. Plans were formulated and then fell by the wayside, over and over again. By focusing on these flawed efforts to impose colonial order, William Cunningham Bissell offers a different view of colonialis. |
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| Notas: | Title from PDF title page (viewed February 20, 2012). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 378 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253004963 0253004969 1283101718 9781283101714 9786613101716 6613101710 |