Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
New African histories |
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New African histories series.
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Contents |
The spaces of Lourenc¸o Marques -- The politics of visibility: the "City of Reeds" debate, 1962/65 -- The politics of proximity: clandestine masonry house construction in the subúrbios, c. 1960/74 -- An immovable legacy: the nationalization of housing and its consequences, 1976/92 -- Planning in the subúrbios, 1977/92 -- Conclusion: multiple trajectories |
Summary |
Age of Concrete is about people building homes on tenuous ground in the outer neighborhoods of Maputo, Mozambique, places thought of simply as slums. But up close, they are an archive: houses of reeds, wood, zinc, and concrete embodying the ambitions of people who built their own largest investment and greatest bequest to the future |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 07, 2019) |
Subject |
Housing -- Mozambique -- Maputo -- History
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HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
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Economic history
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Housing
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Social conditions
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SUBJECT |
Maputo (Mozambique) -- Economic conditions
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Maputo (Mozambique) -- Social conditions
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Subject |
Mozambique -- Maputo
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0821446754 |
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9780821446751 |
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