The African city:a history
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Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge [England] New York |
Publication Dates: | c2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
New approaches to African history |
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Carrier Form: | x, 214 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0521821096 (hardback) 9780521821094 (hardback) 0521527929 (pbk.) 9780521527927 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | C912 |
CLC: |
C912.81 F299.409 |
Call Number: | F299.409/F889 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Urban life emerges in Africa -- African cities and the emergence of a world trading economy -- Colonialism and urbanisation -- Cities in revolt: the long time crisis of South African urbanism -- The post-colonial African city -- Globalisation and the African city: Touba, Abidjan, Durban. |