Verandahs of Power
Colonialism and Space in Urban Africa (Space, Place, and Society)
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Word Count
49,750 words, Guess
Page Count
199 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8049499M
- ISBN-139780815629979
- ISBN-100815629974
- OCLC Control Number50755097
- Library of Congress Control Number2002151210
and 2 more
- Goodreads1696968
- LibraryThing1335807
Classifications
- LCCHT169.A3M49 2002
Description
"Garth Andrew Myers' work makes a significant contribution to a long tradition of research on colonial cities and a multidisciplinary body of literature on urban legacies of colonialism. He examines both colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these cities, tracing the legacies of colonialism in different and divergent postcolonial settingsdasha revolutionary left-wing socialist state (Zanzibar) and a reactionary right-wing dictatorship (Malawi). In addition to the examination of urban plans and the African urban majority's responses to them, the book traces the experience of the urban planning process through three different "verandahs of power," or levels of class depiction: the colonial power, the colonized middle, and the urban majority. Interspersed with personal stories, this book illuminates our understanding of the workings of power in African cities by addressing human experiences of that power."--
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