2 Entering the Town: Representation and Imagination

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Maps IX
4. On Language XIII
5. Preface XIV
6. 1 Introduction 1
7. 2 Entering the Town: Representation and Imagination 40
8. 3 Urbanization on the Move: From Caravan Trade to Urbanity 68
9. 4 Separations and Connections: Colonizing Space 97
10. 5 Inland Indian Ocean Port: Extraterritoriality and Pragmatism 130
11. 6 Out of Order: Indirect Rule, Unruliness, and Self-Rule 149
12. 7 East-West, North-South: Between National, Regional, and International 180
13. 8 Bordering the Lake: Transcending Spatial Orders 206
14. Conclusion 233
15. List of Sources
16. Index 259