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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: William Cunningham BissellPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780253222558ISBN 10: 0253222559 Pages: 394 Publication Date: 08 December 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Landscapes of Power and Planning 1 Cosmopolitan Lives, Urbane Worlds: Space and Society in Zanzibar City 2 Uncertain States: Colonial Practices and the Ambiguities of Power 3 Colonial Cartographies: Struggling to Make Sense of Urban Space 4 Disease, Environment, and Social Engineering: Clearing Out and Cleaning Up the Colonial City 5 Development and the Dilemmas of Expertise 6 Failures of Implementation: Circularity and Secrecy in the Pursuit of Planning 7 Disorder by Design: Legal Confusion and Bureaucratic Chaos in Colonial Planning Conclusion: Reflections on Planning, Colonial Power, and Continuities in the Present Notes Bibliography IndexReviews""Contributes to the growing body of work in African urban history and to the study of Zanzibar... Bissell writes beautifully and makes very good use of his archival research."" Garth Myers, University of Kansas Contributes to the growing body of work in African urban history and to the study of Zanzibar... Bissell writes beautifully and makes very good use of his archival research. Garth Myers, University of Kansas Contributes to the growing body of work in African urban history and to the study of Zanzibar... Bissell writes beautifully and makes very good use of his archival research. Garth Myers, University of Kansas Author InformationWilliam Cunningham Bissell is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Lafayette College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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