Dar es Salaam : histories from an emerging African metropolis / edited by James R. Brennan, Andrew Burton, and Yusef Lawi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brennan, James R.

Burton, Andrew.

Lawi, Yusufu Qwaray.

British Institute in Eastern Africa.

Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam. Department of History.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)--History.

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania).

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)--History--Congresses.

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)--Social life and customs--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dar es Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, in association with the Britsih Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi ; East Lansing, MI, USA : Distributed in North America by Michigan State University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From its modest beginnings in the mid-19th century, Dar es Salaam has grown to become one of sub-Saharan Africa?s most important urban centres. A major political, economic and cultural hub, the city stood at the cutting edge of trends that transformed twentieth-century East Africa. Dar es Salaam has recently attracted the attention of a diverse, multi-disciplinary, range of scholars, making it currently one of the continent?s most studied urban centres. This collection from eleven scholars from Africa, Europe, North America and Japan, draws on some of the best of this scholarship and offers a

Contents:

Emerging metropolis / James R. Brennan and Andrew Burton

Fueling the city / Thaddeus Sunseri

Race, class and housing in Dar es Salaam / J.M. Lusugga Kironde

Between segregation and gentrification / James R. Brennan

Brothers by day / Andrew Burton

Unpretentious bars / Justin Willis

Ngoma impulse / Werner Graebner

Simba or Yanga? / Tadasu Tsuruta

In the Age of minis / Andrew M. Ivaska

I am a partial person / Stephen Hill

Here's a little something local / Alex Perullo.

Notes:

"This book has its origins in a 2002 conference on Dar es Salaam in the twentieth century, organised by the Britsh Institute in Eastern Africa and the Department of History, University of Dar es Salaam"--P. v.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613004994

9781283004992

1283004992

9789987081073

998708107X

9789987081226

9987081223

9789987081103

998708110X

OCLC:

830166688