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378

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Urban design, chaos, and colonial power in Zanzibar
2011, Indiana University Press
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Bloomington

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Dewey Decimal Class
307.7609678/1
Library of Congress
HT169.T332 Z363 2011, HT169.T332Z363 2010, HT169.T332Z363 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 378 p. :
Number of pages
378

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Open Library
OL24913892M
Internet Archive
urbandesignchaos00biss
ISBN 10
0253355435, 0253222559
ISBN 13
9780253222558, 9780253355430
LCCN
2010019122
OCLC/WorldCat
491950935

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