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

by Andrew Burton

Book 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821416367
• ISBN13: 9780821416365
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.6"