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The planning moment : colonial and postcolonial histories / Sarah Blacker [and four others], editors.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Blacker, Sarah, 1981- editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Decolonization.
Imperialism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (347 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Fordham University Press, [2024]
Summary:
The Planning Moment elaborates the myriad ways that plans and planning practices pervade recent global history. The book's twenty-seven case studies draw attention to the centrality of planning in colonial and postcolonial environments, relationships, and contexts.
Contents:
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword by Dagmar Schäfer
Entanglements of Colonial and Postcolonial Planning: An Introduction
Census: New Hebrides/Vanuatu, 1967: Alexandra Widmer
Charcoal: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1973: Emily Brownell
COBOL: The Pentagon, United States of America, 1959: Benjamin Allen
Computing: United States of America, 1949: Benjamin Peters
Constitution: India, 1950: Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach
Dam: South Korea, 1961: Aaron S. Moore
Dodecahedral Silo: Spain, 1953: Lino Camprubí
EMES Sonochron: Federal Republic of Germany, 1986: Martina Schlünder
Famine: India, 1877: Anindita Nag
Fertility Survey Workforce: Puerto Rico, 1949: Raúl Necochea López
Fertilizer: South Korea, 1952: John DiMoia
Grid: New York, United States of America, 1972: Robert J. Kett
Hackathon: India, 2012: Lilly Irani
Kishikishi: Belgian Congo, 1956: Sarah Van Beurden
Land Parcel: Lebanon, 1990: Mona Fawaz and Nada Moumtaz
National Budget: Sudan, 1946: Alden Young
Orangutans: Borneo, 1962: Juno Salazar Parreñas
Parasite: Liberia, 1926: Gregg Mitman
Riverbed: South Korea, 2008: Chihyung Jeon
Seeds: German East Africa, 1892: Tahani Nadim
Steel Plant: Orissa State, India, 1955: Itty Abraham
Surnames: Brazil, 1979: Ana Carolina Vimieiro Gomes
Taxonomer: United States of America, 1923: Laura J. Mitchell
Treasures: Palestine/Israel, 1979: Tamar Novick
Water Samples: Treaty 8 Territory, Canada, 2012: Sarah Blacker
Weeds: Laos, 2006: Karen McAllister
Zoomorphic Wickerwork Figure: Australian Administered British New Guinea, 1908: Helen Verran
The Planning Moment: Avenues for Analysis
Acknowledgments
Archival Sources
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781531506650
1531506658

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