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African underclass : urbanisation, crime & colonial order in Dar es Salaam
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- Creator
- Andrew Burton
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London : British Institute in Eastern Africa in association with ; Oxford : James Currey ; Dar es Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 2005
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0821416359, 9780821416358, 0821416367, 9780821416365, 0852559763, 9780852559765, 0852559755, 9780852559758
- OCLC
- ocm58828323
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-296) and index.
- Also issued online.
- African urbanisation & colonial policy, c.1919-46 -- Dar es Salaam between the wars -- The 'town native' & colonial order, c.1919-38 -- 'The problem of the urban African': accelerating urbanisation & the colonial response, c.1938-46 -- Unemployment, migration & urban order, 1938-45 -- Crime in colonial Dar es Salaam, 1919-1961 -- Interpreting crime in colonial Dar Es Salaam -- The Dar es Salaam underworld -- Legitimate lawlessness? The informal economy in colonial Dar es Salaam -- An unwelcome presence: African mobility & urban order -- Urbanisation & colonial order, c.1947-1961 -- Development, diversification & growth: Dar es Salaam in the post-war period -- Remaking urban society: stabilisation & citizenship in late-colonial Dar es Salaam -- Purging the town: the removal of undesirables, 1941-61 -- Conclusion: Urbanisation, development & crime -- Appendix: the population of Dar es Salaam, 1867-2002
Subjects
- Urbanization -- Tanzania -- Dar es Salaam -- History -- 20th century.
- Crime -- Tanzania -- Dar es Salaam -- History -- 20th century.
- Marginality, Social -- Tanzania -- Dar es Salaam -- History -- 20th century.
- Urban policy -- Tanzania -- Dar es Salaam -- History -- 20th century.
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Social conditions -- 20th century.