Age of Concrete : Housing and the Shape of Aspiration in the Capital of Mozambique /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morton, David, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Housing.
Economic history.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Housing > Mozambique > Maputo > History.
Mozambique > Maputo.
Maputo (Mozambique) > Social conditions.
Maputo (Mozambique) > Economic conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (336 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780821446751

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