Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9780520402393
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0520402391
Content:
"African cities are under construction. Beyond the dazzling urban redevelopment schemes and large-scale infrastructure projects reconfiguring central city skylines, the majority of urban residents are putting their cash, energy, and aspirations into finding land and building homes on city edges. In the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam, the self-built suburban frontier has become the place where the middle classes are shaped. This book examines how investment in property-land, houses, and landscape-is central to middle-class formation and urban transformation in contemporary Africa"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction : middle class construction on Dar es Salaam's suburban frontier -- Groundwork : the coloniality of space -- The suburban frontier -- Land -- Landscape -- Domestic architecture -- Lifestyle -- Conclusion.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520402386
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
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