Preface.- List of Figures.- Bibliography.- Chapter 1. Grid Plan Cultures, Historiographic Traditions and Africa.- Chapter 2. Grid Plan Traditions in Contemporary Muslim Towns and their Historical Formalistic Origins.- Chapter 3. Configuring the French Colonial Grid in Comptoirs, Escales, Villages de Liberté and Capital Cities.- Chapter 4. Current Planning What Is Going On Beneath the Grids of Senegal's Cities Today [in collaboration with Tom Hart*].- Chapter 5. Disentangling the Grid.- Index.