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