French colonial Dakar : the morphogenesis of an African regional capital/ Liora Bigon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bigon, Liora, 1974- author.

Contributor:

Bigon, Liora, 1974- Editor.

Series:

Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)

Studies in imperialism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Senegal--Dakar--History.

City planning.

Dakar (Senegal)--History.

Dakar (Senegal).

Dakar (Senegal)--Colonial influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations, black & white; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

MSI edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book deals with the planning and architectural cultures that shaped the model space of French colonial Dakar, a prominent city in West Africa. With a focus on the period from the establishment of the city in the mid-nineteenth century until the interwar years, the book reveals a variety of urban politics, policies and practices, and complex negotiations on both the physical and conceptual levels. The study of the extra-European planning history of Europe has been a burgeoning field in scholarly literature. By exploring colonial urban space in sub-Saharan Africa, a relatively untreated reg

Contents:

Introduction: French colonial Dakar: the morphogenesis of an African regional capital

Planting the flag and military planning in imperial Dakar: asymmetries, uncertainties, illusions

Street naming, infectious diseases and planning in early colonial Dakar: segregationist insights

The quest for architectural style for French West Africa: invented traditions and ideologies in colonial Dakar

Afterword: Dakar's 'old city' and beyond.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781784997861

1784997862

9781526109736

1526109735

9781784997427

1784997420

OCLC:

982018707