| Description |
378 p. : maps. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
City planning -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- History.
|
|
Sociology, Urban -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- History.
|
|
Zanzibar -- History.
|
|
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History.
|
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
|
| ISBN |
9780253355430 (cloth : alk. paper) |
|
9780253222558 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
|
9780253004963 (electronic bk.) |
|
