African Underclass: Urbanization, Crime & Colonial Order in Dar es Salaam 1919-61

by Andrew Burton

Overview

African Underclass examines the social, political, and administrative repercussions of rapid urbanization in colonial Dar es Salaam, and the evolution of official policy that viewed urbanization as inextricably linked with social disorder. This policy marginalized numbers of young Africans entering the town---and thus, paradoxically, the policy itself subverted the colonial order. "Well researched and sharply written---one of the best and most stimulating accounts of urbanization in Eastern Africa to have been produced in recent years."---John McCracken, emeritus professor of history, University of StirlingAndrew Burton is assistant director of the British Institute in Eastern Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780821416365
Publisher:	Ohio University Press
Publication date:	12/14/2005
Series:	Eastern African Studies
Edition description:	1
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	770,936
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)