Urban design, chaos, and colonial power in Zanzibar /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bissell, William Cunningham, 1962-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Sociology, Urban > Tanzania > Zanzibar > History. City planning > Tanzania > Zanzibar > History. Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > History. Zanzibar > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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.