Taming the Disorderly City

Taming the Disorderly City
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 080147437X
ISBN-13 : 9780801474378
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Book Synopsis Taming the Disorderly City by : Martin J. Murray

Download or read book Taming the Disorderly City written by Martin J. Murray and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In postapartheid Johannesburg, tensions of race and class manifest themselves starkly in struggles over 'rights to the city'. Martin J. Murray brings together urban theory and local knowledge to draw a picture of this city, where real estate agents and the very poor fight for control of space.


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