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Urban design, chaos, and colonial power in Zanzibar
Title
Urban design, chaos, and colonial power in Zanzibar / William Cunningham Bissell.
ISBN
9780253355430 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253355435 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253222558 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253222559 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
Physical Description
xii, 378 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 11, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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