Colonial Architecture and Urbanism in Africa: Intertwined and Contested HistoriesColonial architecture and urbanism in Africa created a built environment purposely suited to the administrative apparatus of empire: architecture and urbanism sought to project the authority of the European powers while simultaneously stabilizing the fragile European identity at the colonial frontier. This book seeks to uncover the multiple ways in which colonial architectural and urban design practices reconstituted colonial cities in Africa. |
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Contents
Its Revival in Europe and | 85 |
The Turning Point in Urban Policy for British Colonial Africa | 131 |
Migrant Labour and the Cultural Semiotics of B8 2+HD+ | 153 |
Montcassin Montserrat or an Alcazar? | 277 |
The Grid of SaintLouis du Sénégal | 295 |
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| Title | Colonial Architecture and Urbanism in Africa: Intertwined and Contested Histories Design and the built environment series |
| Editor | Fassil Demissie |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2012 |
| ISBN | 0754675122, 9780754675129 |
| Length | 438 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Reference Social Science / Human Geography Social Science / Sociology / Urban |
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