French Colonial Dakar - The Morphogenesis of an African Regional Capital

Informationen zum Autor Liora Bigon is a Research Fellow in European Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Klappentext Chronicles the design of Dakar as a regional capital, and suggests a connection between the French colonial doctrines of assimilation and association and French colonial planning and architectural policies in sub-Saharan Africa. Zusammenfassung Chronicles the design of Dakar as a regional capital! and suggests a connection between the French colonial doctrines of assimilation and association and French colonial planning and architectural policies in sub-Saharan Africa. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: French colonial Dakar: the morphogenesis of an African regional capital 2. Planting the flag and military planning in imperial Dakar: asymmetries, uncertainties, illusions 3. Street naming, infectious diseases and planning in early colonial Dakar: segregationist insights4. The quest for architectural style for French West Africa: invented traditions and ideologies in colonial Dakar 5. Afterword: Dakar's 'old city' and beyondBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Liora Bigon
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2016
• EAN: 9780719099359
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9935-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries