Decolonizing the colonial city : urbanization and stratification in Kingston, Jamaica
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Decolonizing the colonial city : urbanization and stratification in Kingston, Jamaica
（Oxford geographical and environmental studies）
Oxford University Press, 2006
Available at 4 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-281) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of 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
- 5. From Slums to Ghetto: Social Deprivation
- 6. Politics, Violence, and Drugs
- 7. Decolonization and the Politics of National Culture
- 8. Conclusion
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