{"product_id":"making-an-african-city-technopolitics-and-the-infrastructure-of-everyday-life-in-colonial-accra-hardback-9780253069320","title":"Making an African City; Technopolitics and the Infrastructure of Everyday Life in Colonial Accra (Hardback) 9780253069320","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking an African City\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTechnopolitics and the Infrastructure of Everyday Life in Colonial Accra\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJennifer Hart (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253069320\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages, 20 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.667 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMaking an African City\u003c\/i\u003e, Jennifer Hart traces the way that British colonial officials, Accra Town Council members, and a diverse group of technocrats used regulation to define what an \"acceptable\" city looked like. Unlike cities elsewhere on the continent, Accra had a long history of urbanism that predated British colonial presence. By criminalizing some activities and privileging others, colonial officials sought to marginalize indigenous practices of Accra residents and shape the development of a new, \"modern\" city.\u003cbr\u003e Hart argues, however, that residents regularly pushed back, protesting regulations, refusing to participate in newly developed systems, reappropriating infrastructure, demanding rights to city services, and asserting their own informal vision for the future of the city. While urban plans and regulations ultimately failed to substantively remake the city, their effects were and are still felt by urban residents, who are often subject to but not served by urban infrastructure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaking an African City\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the informalization of Accra's development was a historical process, not a natural and self-evident phenomenon, which connects the history of the city with the history of urban development and the growth of technocracy around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. \"Fruity\" Smells, City Streets, and the Politics of Sanitation\u003cbr\u003e 2. \"Health is the First Wealth\"\u003cbr\u003e 3. African Trade and Expatriate Enterprise in the Colonial City\u003cbr\u003e 4. Of Pirate Drivers and Honking Horns\u003cbr\u003e 5. Building Homes in the \"New Accra\"\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525597131032,"sku":"9780253069320","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-an-african-city-technopolitics-and-the-infrastructure-of-everyday-life-in-colonial-accra-hardback-9780253069320","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}