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Urban Design, Chaos, and Colonial Power in Zanzibar /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bissell, William Cunningham, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: landscapes of power and planning
  • Cosmopolitan lives, urbane worlds: space and society in Zanzibar City
  • Uncertain states: colonial practices and the ambiguities of power
  • Colonial cartographies: struggling to make sense of urban space
  • Disease, environment, and social engineering: clearing out and cleaning up the colonial city
  • Development and the dilemmas of expertise
  • Failures of implementation: circularity and secrecy in the pursuit of planning
  • Disorder by design: legal confusion and bureaucratic chaos in colonial planning
  • Conclusion: reflections on planning, colonial power, and continuities in the present.