| Edge of Empire: Postcolonialism and the City Contributor(s): Jacobs, Jane M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415120071 ISBN-13: 9780415120074 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $68.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1996 Annotation: British imperialism carved its way through space: possessing and ordering territories across the globe. This spatial legacy is not a relic of the past, it lingers in the present and shapes the nature of postcolonial futures. Edge of Empire examines struggles over urban space in three contemporary First World cities in an attempt to map the real geographies of colonialism and postcolonialism. From London, the one-time heart of the empire, to Perth and Brisbane, scenes of Aboriginal claims for the sacred in the space of the modern city, Jacobs emphasises the global geography of the local and unravels the spatialised cultural politics of postcolonial processes. Edge of Empire forms the basis for understanding imperialism over space and time, and is a recognition of the unruly spatial politics of race and nation, nature and culture, past and present. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 307.346 |
| LCCN: 96000351 |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.81" W x 9.59" (1.32 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Edge of Empire examines struggles over urban space in three contemporary first world cities in an attempt to map the real geographies of colonialism and postcolonialism as manifest in modern society. From London, the one-time heart of the empire, to Perth and Brisbane, scenes of Aboriginal claims for the sacred in the space of the modern city, Jacobs emphasises the global geography of the local and unravels the spatialised cultural politics of postcolonial processes. |