| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Oxford geographical and environmental studies |
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Oxford geographical and environmental studies
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| Contents |
List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Kingston: A Creole Colonial City (1692-1962); 2. Urbanization in Kingston since Independence; 3. Plural Stratification: Colour-Class and Culture; 4. Colour-Class and Race Segregation: The Spatial Dimension; 5. From Slum to Ghetto: Social Deprivation; 6. Politics, Violence, and Drugs; 7. Decolonization and the Politics of National Culture; 8. Conclusion; References; Index |
| Summary |
Colin Clarke investigates the role of class, colour, race, and culture in the changing social stratification and spatial patterning of Kingston, Jamaica since independence. He concludes with a comparison with the post-colonial urban problems of South Africa and Brazil. Includes multiple maps produced and compiled using GIS. - ;In this sequel to Kingston, Jamaica: Urban Development and Social Change, 1692 to 1962 (1975) Colin Clarke investigates the role of class, colour, race, and culture in the changing social stratification and spatial patterning of Kingston, Jamaica since independence in 19 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-281) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Urbanization -- Jamaica -- Kingston
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Social stratification -- Jamaica -- Kingston
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Race relations
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Social stratification
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Urbanization
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Soziale Schichtung
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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Verstädterung
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| SUBJECT |
Kingston (Jamaica) -- Race relations
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| Subject |
Jamaica -- Kingston
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Kingston Jamaika
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Kingston <Jamaika>
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191515033 |
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0191515035 |
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9781429470728 |
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1429470720 |
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9786612199141 |
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6612199148 |
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1280905565 |
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9781280905568 |
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0191919314 |
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9780191919312 |
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