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Dar es Salaam : Histories from an Emerging African Metropolis.

From its modest beginnings in the mid-19th century, Dar es Salaam has grown to become one of sub-Saharan Africa?s most important urban centres. A major political, economic and cultural hub, the city stood at the cutting edge of trends that transformed twentieth-century East Africa. Dar es Salaam has...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brennan, James R.
Otros Autores: Burton, Andrew, Lawi, Yusuf
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:From its modest beginnings in the mid-19th century, Dar es Salaam has grown to become one of sub-Saharan Africa?s most important urban centres. A major political, economic and cultural hub, the city stood at the cutting edge of trends that transformed twentieth-century East Africa. Dar es Salaam has recently attracted the attention of a diverse, multi-disciplinary, range of scholars, making it currently one of the continent?s most studied urban centres. This collection from eleven scholars from Africa, Europe, North America and Japan, draws on some of the best of this scholarship and offers a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (290 pages)
ISBN:9789987081073
998708107X