Contributions

  • Murray, Martin J. - Contributor
  • Myers, Garth Andrew. - Contributor

Publication

2007 - Palgrave Macmillian, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

79,500 words, Guess

Page Count

318 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • LCCHT148.A2 C55 2007

Description

xiv, 318 p

Description

This book offers a broad range of scholarly interpretations of the evolving forms, the changing dynamics, and the unexpected surprises that characterize contemporary African cities. It wrestles with important questions concerning how large numbers of people without regular work nevertheless find ways to survive and even prosper. It balances investigations of particular cities in sub-Saharan Africa with considerations of a diversity of topics, themes and multi-city comparisons, including themes in: culture, imagination, place and space; political economy and work livelihoods; and urban planning and governance. The collection is both theoretically informed and empirically grounded. Aimed at mid-level undergraduate students, these essays, taken as a whole, provide an understanding of what is happening in African cities today, and why.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Cities in contemporary AfricaPalgrave Macmillian2007

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