António Tomás traces the history and transformation of Luanda, Angola, by showing how it emerges out of the continual redefinition and negotiation of its physical and social boundaries.
António Tomás traces the history and transformation of Luanda, Angola, by showing how it emerges out of the continual redefinition and negotiation of its physical and social boundaries.
António Tomás is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg and author of Amílcar Cabral: The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist.
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Maps and Figures ix Abbreviations xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: The Frontier Within 1 Part I. Formation 1. Un-building History to Build the Present 29 2. Ordering Urban Expansion 59 Part II. Stasis 3. A Place to Dwell in Times of Change 91 4. A City Decentered 119 Part III. Fragmentation 5. Reversing (Urban) Composition 147 6. The Urban Yet to Come 176 Coda: Is Luanda Not Paris 204 Glossary 215 Notes 219 Bibliography 241 Index 261
Maps and Figures ix Abbreviations xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: The Frontier Within 1 Part I. Formation 1. Un-building History to Build the Present 29 2. Ordering Urban Expansion 59 Part II. Stasis 3. A Place to Dwell in Times of Change 91 4. A City Decentered 119 Part III. Fragmentation 5. Reversing (Urban) Composition 147 6. The Urban Yet to Come 176 Coda: Is Luanda Not Paris 204 Glossary 215 Notes 219 Bibliography 241 Index 261
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