Urban design, chaos, and colonial power in Zanzibar [electronic resource] / William Cunningham Bissell.
Material type: TextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.Description: 378 p. : mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 307.7609678/1 22
- HT169.T332 Z363 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.