Decolonizing the colonial city : urbanization and stratification in Kingston, Jamaica / Colin Clarke.

By:

Clarke, Colin G

Series: Oxford geographical and environmental studies | Oxford geographical and environmental studiesPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xxv, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0199269815
9780199269815

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Decolonizing the colonial city.DDC classification:

307.76097292 22

LOC classification:

HT128.5.J25 C58 2006

Other classification:

MS 1870
RV 50609
RV 50627

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Contents:

1. Kingston : a Creole colonial capital (1692-1962) -- 2. Urbanization in Kingston since independence -- 3. Plural stratification : colour-class and culture -- 4. Colour-class and race segregation : the spatial dimension -- 5. From slums to ghetto : social deprivation -- 6. Politics, violence, and drugs -- 7. Decolonization and the politics of national culture -- 8. Conclusion.

Summary: "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.Summary: 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."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-281) and index.

"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.

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."--Jacket.

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