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Titolo |
Dar es Salaam [[electronic resource] ] : histories from an emerging African metropolis / / edited by James R. Brennan, Andrew Burton, and Yusef Lawi |
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Dar es Salaam, : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, in association with the Britsih Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi |
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East Lansing, MI, USA, : Distributed in North America by Michigan State University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-00499-2 |
9786613004994 |
9987-08-107-X |
9987-08-122-3 |
9987-08-110-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BrennanJames R |
BurtonAndrew |
LawiYusufu Qwaray |
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Soggetti |
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Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) History |
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) History Congresses |
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Social life and customs Congresses |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"This book has its origins in a 2002 conference on Dar es Salaam in the twentieth century, organised by the Britsh Institute in Eastern Africa and the Department of History, University of Dar es Salaam"--P. v. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Emerging metropolis / James R. Brennan and Andrew Burton -- Fueling the city / Thaddeus Sunseri -- Race, class and housing in Dar es Salaam / J.M. Lusugga Kironde -- Between segregation and gentrification / James R. Brennan -- Brothers by day / Andrew Burton -- Unpretentious bars / Justin Willis -- Ngoma impulse / Werner Graebner -- Simba or Yanga? / Tadasu Tsuruta -- In the Age of minis / Andrew M. Ivaska -- I am a partial person / Stephen Hill -- Here's a little something local / Alex Perullo. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From its modest beginnings in the mid-19th century, Dar es Salaam |
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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 |
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