The African city :

Freund, Bill.

The African city : a history / Bill Freund. - Reprint ed. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - x, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Reprint of the 2007 edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Urban life emerges in Africa -- African cities and the emergence of a world trading economy -- Colonialism and urbanisation -- Cities in revolt: the long time crisis of South African urbanism -- The post-colonial African city -- Globalisation and the African city: Touba, Abidjan, Durban.

0521821096 (hardback) 0521527929 (pbk.) 9780521527927 (pbk.)


Cities and towns--History.--Africa
Urbanization--History.--Africa



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