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City of extremes : the spatial politics of Johannesburg / Martin J. Murray.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Politics, history, and culturePublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.Description: xxix, 470 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780822347477 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780822347682 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.1/160968221
LOC classification:
  • HN 801 M981c 2011
Contents:
The restless urban landscape : the evolving spatial geography of Johannesburg -- The flawed promise of the high-modernist city : city building at the apex of apartheid rule -- Hollowing out the center : Johannesburg turned inside out -- Worlds apart : the Johannesburg inner city and the making of the outcast ghetto -- The splintering metropolis : laissez-faire urbanism and unfettered suburban sprawl -- Defensive urbanism after apartheid : spatial partitioning and the new fortification aesthetic -- Entrepreneurial urbanism and the private city -- Reconciling arcadia and utopia : gated residential estates at the metropolitan edge -- Epilogue. putting Johannesburg in its place : the ordinary city.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HN 801 M981c 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000106018

Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-462) and index.

The restless urban landscape : the evolving spatial geography of Johannesburg -- The flawed promise of the high-modernist city : city building at the apex of apartheid rule -- Hollowing out the center : Johannesburg turned inside out -- Worlds apart : the Johannesburg inner city and the making of the outcast ghetto -- The splintering metropolis : laissez-faire urbanism and unfettered suburban sprawl -- Defensive urbanism after apartheid : spatial partitioning and the new fortification aesthetic -- Entrepreneurial urbanism and the private city -- Reconciling arcadia and utopia : gated residential estates at the metropolitan edge -- Epilogue. putting Johannesburg in its place : the ordinary city.

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