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Author:   R.J. Ross ,  Gerard J. Telkamp
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.409kg
ISBN:  

9789400961210

ISBN 10:   9400961219
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   12 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

I: Introduction.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Colonial Cities: Global Pivots of Change.- II: Case Studies.- 3. Central America’s Autarkic Colonial Cities (1600–1800).- 4. Zeelandia, A Dutch Colonial City on Formosa (1624–1662).- 5. An Insane Administration and an Unsanitary Town: The Dutch East India Company and Batavia (1619–1799).- 6. Eighteenth-Century Calcutta.- 7. Cape Town (1750–1850): Synthesis in the Dialectic of Continents.- 8. Rio de Janeiro: From Colonial Town to Imperial Capital (1808–1850).- 9. A Caribbean Creole Capital: Kingston, Jamaica (1692–1938).- 10. Algiers: Colonial Metropolis (1830–1961).- 11. Saigon, or the Failure of an Ambition (1858–1945).- 12. Dakar, Ville impériale (1857–1960).- 13. Bombay: From Fishing Village to Colonial Port City (1662–1947).- III: Epilogue.- 14. The Colonial City and the Post-Colonial World.- Notes on the Contributors.

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