Verandahs of Power: Colonialism and Space in Urban Africa

by Garth Andrew Myers

Book Overview

Garth Andrew Myers' work makes a significant contribution to a long tradition of research on colonial cities and a multidisciplinary body of literature on urban legacies of colonialism. He examines both colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these cities, tracing the legacies of colonialism in different and divergent postcolonial settings--a revolutionary left-wing socialist state (Zanzibar) and a reactionary right-wing dictatorship (Malawi)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815629729
• ISBN13: 9780815629726
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.5"