Examines Dakar's transformation from a small colonial capital to a dynamic city, highlighting how its resourceful residents challenged French control by forging adaptive economic relationships.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Illusory Roots: Europeans, Autochthony, and Visions of a Capital City
2. The Rhetoric of Refoulement in Colonial Dakar
3. Challenges and Solutions of the Transient City
4. Impediments and Ingenuity in Financial Life
5. Ethnic Boundaries, Economic Niches, and Ambiguities in the Colonial City
6. The Lebanese and the Local in the Interwar Period
7. War's Window: Urban Informality and Control
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
