Urban Design, Chaos, and Colonial Power in Zanzibar

Name: Urban Design, Chaos, and Colonial Power in Zanzibar
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ISBN: 9780253222558

ISBN-10: 0253222559

ISBN-13: 9780253222558

Edition: 2010

Authors: William Cunningham Bissell

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List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 12/8/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 394
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

William Cunningham Bissell is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Lafayette College.



Acknowledgments


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


Notes


Bibliography


Index