African Underclass: Urbanization, Crime & Colonial Order in Dar es Salaam 1919-61
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African Underclass examines the social, political, and administrative repercussions of rapid urbanization in colonial Dar es Salaam, and the evolution of official policy that viewed urbanization as inextricably linked with social disorder. This policy marginalized numbers of young Africans entering the town---and thus, paradoxically, the policy itself subverted the colonial order. "Well researched and sharply written---one of the best and most stimulating...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0821416367
ISBN13:9780821416365
Release Date:December 2005
Publisher:Ohio University Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.92 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.6"
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