Edge of Empire: Postcolonialism and the City

Type

Book

Authors

Jacobs, Jane M.

ISBN 10

0415120063

ISBN 13

9780415120067

Tags

Architecture, Geography, Human Geography, Specific Demographics, Sociology, Political Science, Earth Sciences

Abstract

British imperialism carved its way through space: possessing and ordering territories across the globe. This spatial legacy is not a relic of the past, it lingers in the present and shapes the nature of postcolonial futures. Edge of Empire examines struggles over urban space in three contemporary First World cities in an attempt to map the real geographies of colonialism and postcolonialism. From London, the one-time heart of the empire, to Perth and Brisbane, scenes of Aboriginal claims for the sacred in the space of the modern city, Jacobs emphasises the global geography of the local and unravels the spatialised cultural politics of postcolonial processes. Edge of Empire forms the basis for understanding imperialism over space and time, and is a recognition of the unruly spatial politics of race and nation, nature and culture, past and present.

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Case studies
Fallstudiensammlung
Cas, Études de
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jane M Jacobs
ISBN: 0415120063 9780415120067 0415120071 9780415120074
OCLC Number: 34150129
Description: xiii, 193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents: 1. Travels on the Edge of Empire --
2. (Post)Colonial Spaces --
3. Negotiating the Heart Place and Identity in the Postimperial City --
4. Eastern Trading Diasporas, Dwelling and Place --
5. Urban Dreamings: The Aboriginal Sacred in the City --
6. Authentically Yours De-Touring the Map --
7. Conclusion.
Responsibility: Jane M. Jacobs.

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