Age of Concrete. David Morton
AGE OF CONCRETE
NEW AFRICAN HISTORIES
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DAVID MORTON
AGE OF CONCRETE
HOUSING AND THE SHAPE OF ASPIRATION IN THE CAPITAL OF MOZAMBIQUE
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS
ATHENS
Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Morton, David, 1975- author.
Title: Age of concrete : housing and the shape of aspiration in the capital of Mozambique / David Morton.
Other titles: New African histories series.
Description: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2019. | Series: New African histories | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019018753| ISBN 9780821423677 (hbk : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780821423684 (pbk : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780821446751 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Housing--Mozambique--Maputo--History. | Maputo (Mozambique)--Economic conditions. | Maputo (Mozambique)--Social conditions.
Classification: LCC HD7374.A3 M37 2019 | DDC 363.5096791--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019018753
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The Spaces of Lourenço Marques
Chapter 2: The Politics of Visibility
The “City of Reeds” Debate, 1962–65
Chapter 3: The Politics of Proximity
Clandestine Masonry House Construction in the Subúrbios, c. 1960–74
Chapter 4: An Immovable Legacy