The African city : a history / Bill Freund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freund, Bill, author.

Series:

New approaches to African history ; 4.

New approaches to African history ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Africa--History.

Cities and towns.

Urbanization--Africa--History.

Urbanization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is comprehensive both in terms of time coverage, from before the Pharaohs to the present moment and in that it tries to consider cities from the entire continent, not just Sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from factual information and rich description material culled from many sources, it looks at many issues from why urban life emerged in the first place to how present-day African cities cope in difficult times. Instead of seeing towns and cities as somehow extraneous to the real Africa, it views them as an inherent part of developing Africa, indigenous, colonial, and post-colonial and emphasizes the extent to which the future of African society and African culture will likely be played out mostly in cities. The book is written to appeal to students of history but equally to geographers, planners, sociologists and development specialists interested in urban problems.

Contents:

Urban life emerges in Africa

African cities and the emergence of a world trading economy

Colonialism and urbanisation

Cities in revolt: the long time crisis of South African urbanism

The post-colonial African city

Globalisation and the African city: Touba, Abidjan, Durban.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15964-4

1-281-04030-4

9786611040307

0-511-61830-1

0-511-33465-6

0-511-33399-4

0-511-33331-5

0-511-56208-X

0-511-33523-7

OCLC:

780932074