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French Colonial Dakar: The Morphogenesis of an African Regional Capital

French Colonial Dakar: The Morphogenesis of an African Regional Capital

Bigon, Liora
Ricou, Xavier

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Imperialism, Book 138

African HistoryGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 0719099358
ISBN13: 9780719099359
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Feb 4 2016
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This volume explores the planning and architectural cultures that shaped the model space of French colonial Dakar, a prominent city in West Africa. With a focus on the period from the establishment of the city in the mid-nineteenth century until the interwar years, the book reveals a variety of urban politics, policies and practices, and complex negotiations on both the physical and conceptual levels.

Chronicling the design of Dakar as a regional capital, the book suggests a connection between the French colonial doctrines of assimilation and association, and French colonial planning and architectural policies in sub-Saharan Africa. Of interest to scholars in history, geography, architecture, urban planning, African studies and Global South studies, the book incorporates both primary and secondary sources collected from multilateral channels in Europe and Senegal.

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