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Urban design, chaos, and colonial power in Zanzibar
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- Creator
- William Cunningham Bissell
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- xii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780253355430, 0253222559, 1283101718, 9780253004963, 6613101710, 0253004969, 9781283101714, 0253355435, 9780253222558, 9786613101716
- OCLC
- ocn491950935, ocn703155193, ocn707918251
- 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