Sociology 2151A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Janet Abu-Lughod, Napoleonic Code, Hutu
10 Apr 2014
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Mixed/intermediate: elite, shanties/villages, model assumes cities were built after the europeans came, walls protected them from the elements, typical african city in the pre-european time period. Created civil war because bigger tribes could just come and claim territory (ex. Countries weren"t ready for independence: beginning of the 1960"s mortality rate began to decrease (increase in better health care, fertility rates remained the same of increased, population explosion. 7 different types of cities in africa: the indigenous city. Constructed in the period prior to european colonisation in accordance with local values and traditions: the islamic city. Most islamic cities were built by africans, with local initiatives dominant in their early growth: the colonial city. Established by europeans, mainly in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, colonial cities comprise the majority of urban centres in tropical. Africa and include most of today"s capital cities. Immigration has ensured an african majority in the population: the european city.
