Development and Hybridity Made Concrete in the Colonies

• Published in: Environment and planning. A Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 15 - 36
• Main Author: Harris, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2008; Pion Ltd, London
• Series: Environment and Planning A
• Subjects: Colonial history; Colonialism; Cultural norms; Cultural values; Economic sociology; Environment; Indexing in process; Modernity; Q1; Socioeconomic development; United Kingdom
• ISSN: 0308-518X; 1472-3409
• DOI: 10.1068/a38382

The concept of hybridity has been discussed chiefly in relation to cultural issues and interpreted as a challenge to dominant power. It is equally relevant to the interpretation of economic and social change (for example, in the field of international development), while its political significance i...