Beyond the Walled City: Colonial Exclusion in Havana

One of the earliest and most important port cities in the New World, Havana quickly became a model for the planning and construction of other colonial cities. Beyond the Walled City tells the story of how Havana was conceived, built, and managed. Examining imperial efforts to police urban space from the late sixteenth century onward, Guadalupe Garc a shows how the production of urban space was explicitly centered on the politics of racial exclusion and social control. Connecting colonial governing practices to broader debates on urbanization, the regulation of public spaces, and the racial dislocation of urban populations, Beyond the Walled City points to the ways in which colonialism is inscribed on modern topographies.

Author: Guadalupe Garcia
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 12/22/2015
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780520286047
ISBN10: 0520286049
BISAC Categories:
- History | Latin America | General
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social

About the Author
Guadalupe García is Assistant Professor of History at Tulane University.