GGR241H1 Lecture Notes - Indirect Rule, Urban Sprawl, Lubumbashi
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Part a colonial urbanism: city types: gazes are formed to control the minds and colonial society. They are not much affective comparing to other colony cities. New cities: elisabethville, nairobi, lusaka (cities that didn"t exist before the. As a node of belgium mining, coffee and tea trading, etc. These were node of trade, they are connected to the trading of tea, coffee, diamonds, all sort of things. They try to convert their religion, e. g. christian. Cities were major center where missionary had their homes. Just like bombay, they are just nodes for global network. By the mid nineteen century, developing to be the massive division of global labor. African cities are important because they are turned to be producing worldwide products. Critical to the success of european and american"s economy. There is very little existing middle class, or elite to modern in the modern senses world. However, there is still indigenous elite in the city.