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Making an African City
Technopolitics and the Infrastructure of Everyday Life in Colonial Accra
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The book delves into the tension between colonial regulations and the indigenous practices of Accra's residents. British officials and local technocrats aimed to create a "modern" city by criminalizing certain activities, yet residents actively resisted these changes through protests and informal adaptations. Hart emphasizes that the informalization of Accra's development was a historical process shaped by these interactions, revealing how urban planning often failed to serve the needs of its inhabitants while still influencing the city's infrastructure and growth.
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Making an African City, Jennifer Hart
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2024
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- Untertitel
- Technopolitics and the Infrastructure of Everyday Life in Colonial Accra
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Jennifer Hart
- Verlag
- Indiana University Press
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2024
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 316
- ISBN13
- 9780253069320
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Kunst & Kultur, Geschichte, Architektur, Architektur & Städtebau
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- Beschreibung
- The book delves into the tension between colonial regulations and the indigenous practices of Accra's residents. British officials and local technocrats aimed to create a "modern" city by criminalizing certain activities, yet residents actively resisted these changes through protests and informal adaptations. Hart emphasizes that the informalization of Accra's development was a historical process shaped by these interactions, revealing how urban planning often failed to serve the needs of its inhabitants while still influencing the city's infrastructure and growth.