Decolonizing the Colonial City
Urbanization and Stratification in Kingston, Jamaica
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 31 August 2006
- ISBN 9780199269815
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages328 pages
- Size 241x163x22 mm
- Weight 729 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 38 halftones, 61 maps, 22 tables 0
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Short description:
Colin Clarke investigates the role of class, colour, race, and culture in the changing social stratification and spatial patterning of Kingston, Jamaica since independence. He concludes with a comparison with the post-colonial urban problems of South Africa and Brazil.
Includes multiple maps produced and compiled using GIS.
Long description:
In this sequel to Kingston, Jamaica: Urban Development and Social Change, 1692 to 1962 (1975) Colin Clarke investigates the role of class, colour, race, and culture in the changing social stratification and spatial patterning of Kingston, Jamaica since independence in 1962. He also assesses the strains - created by the doubling of the population - on labour and housing markets, which are themselves important ingredients in urban social stratification. Special attention is also given to colour, class, and race segregation, to the formation of the Kingston ghetto, to the role of politics in the creation of zones of violence and drug trading in downtown Kingston, and to the contribution of the arts to the evolution of national culture. A special feature is the inclusion of multiple maps produced and compiled using GIS (geographical information systems). The book concludes with a comparison with the post-colonial urban problems of South Africa and Brazil, and an evalution of the de-colonization of Kingston.
MoreTable of Contents:
Kingston: A Creole Colonial Capital (1692-1962)
Urbanization in Kingston since Independence
Plural Stratification: Colour-Class and Culture
Colour-Class and Race Segregation
From Slums to Ghetto: Social Deprivation
Politics, Violence, and Drugs
Decolonization and the Politics of National Culture
Conclusion