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Decolonizing the colonial city : urbanization and stratification in Kingston, Jamaica / Colin Clarke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, Colin G.
- Series:
- Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
- Oxford geographical and environmental studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--Jamaica--Kingston.
- Urbanization.
- Social stratification--Jamaica--Kingston.
- Social stratification.
- Kingston (Jamaica)--Race relations.
- Kingston (Jamaica).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Decolonizing the Colonial City' investigates the role of class, colour, race, & culture in the changing social stratification & spatial patterning of Kingston, Jamaica since independence. The book concludes with a comparison with the post-colonial urban problems of South Africa & Brazil.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Kingston: A Creole Colonial City (1692-1962); 2. Urbanization in Kingston since Independence; 3. Plural Stratification: Colour-Class and Culture; 4. Colour-Class and Race Segregation: The Spatial Dimension; 5. From Slum to Ghetto: Social Deprivation; 6. Politics, Violence, and Drugs; 7. Decolonization and the Politics of National Culture; 8. Conclusion; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-281) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-191931-4
- 9786612199141
- 1-280-90556-5
- 0-19-151503-5
- 1-4294-7072-0
- OCLC:
- 609831150
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