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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Situating Contemporary Cities in Africa
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Culture, Imagination, Space, and Place
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Political Economy, Work, and Livelihood
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Urban Planning, Administration, and Governance
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Reviews
"Readers of African Affairs who are seeking insights into what is now happening in a range of African cities, from Lagos to Luanda, will find plenty here...there is much of great interest and great value in this book." - Anthony O'Connor, African Affairs"Cities in Contemporary Africa is a refreshing collection, putting African cities at the center of urban thinking. It intelligently sets agendas for studying and acting in the diverse urban settings of the continent and beyond. Scholars and practitioners interested in cities everywhere will find themselves stimulated to deepen their understandings of their own cities with this exploration of cities in Africa. The continent s cities are sites for diverse, complex and inventive forms of urban living, often in situations of economic and political crisis. The authors are clear that this doesn't mean these cities are foreshadowing the future of the rest of the world; but they insist that learning from the experiences of African cities is crucial both to address these challenges, and to understand urbanism in the twenty-first century." - Jennifer D. Robinson, Professor of Urban Geography, The Open University, and author of Ordinary Cities: Between Modernity and Development
About the authors
GARTH MYERS is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Kansas, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cities in Contemporary Africa
Editors: Martin J. Murray, Garth A. Myers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230603349
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Martin J. Murray and Garth A. Myers 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7035-0Published: 08 June 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-11664-1Published: 14 July 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-60334-9Published: 08 January 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 318
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations
Topics: African Politics, Urban Studies/Sociology, African Culture, Sociology, general, Cultural Studies, Development Studies