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Introduction: landscapes of power and planning
Cosmopolitan lives, urbane worlds: space and society in Zanzibar City
Uncertain states: colonial practices and the ambiguities of power
Colonial cartographies: struggling to make sense of urban space
Disease, environment, and social engineering: clearing out and cleaning up the colonial city
Development and the dilemmas of expertise
Failures of implementation: circularity and secrecy in the pursuit of planning
Disorder by design: legal confusion and bureaucratic chaos in colonial planning
Conclusion: reflections on planning, colonial power, and continuities in the present.
Cosmopolitan lives, urbane worlds: space and society in Zanzibar City
Uncertain states: colonial practices and the ambiguities of power
Colonial cartographies: struggling to make sense of urban space
Disease, environment, and social engineering: clearing out and cleaning up the colonial city
Development and the dilemmas of expertise
Failures of implementation: circularity and secrecy in the pursuit of planning
Disorder by design: legal confusion and bureaucratic chaos in colonial planning
Conclusion: reflections on planning, colonial power, and continuities in the present.