Age of Concrete: Housing and the Shape of Aspiration in the Capital of Mozambique
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Age of Concrete is a history of the making of houses and homes in the sub rbios of Maputo (Louren o Marques), Mozambique, from the late 1940s to the present. Often dismissed as undifferentiated, ahistorical "slums," these neighborhoods are in fact an open-air archive that reveals some of people's highest aspirations. At first people built in reeds. Then they built in wood and zinc panels. And finally, even when it was illegal, they...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0821423681
ISBN13:9780821423684
Release Date:July 2019
Publisher:Ohio University Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"
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