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1. Un-building History to Build the Present

  • António Tomás
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In the Skin of the City
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© 2022 Duke University Press, Durham, USA

© 2022 Duke University Press, Durham, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Maps and Figures ix
  4. Abbreviations xi
  5. Acknowledgments xiii
  6. Introduction: The Frontier Within 1
  7. Part I. Formation
  8. 1. Un-building History to Build the Present 29
  9. 2. Ordering Urban Expansion 59
  10. Part II. Stasis
  11. 3. A Place to Dwell in Times of Change 91
  12. 4. A City Decentered 119
  13. Part III. Fragmentation
  14. 5. Reversing (Urban) Composition 147
  15. 6. The Urban Yet to Come 175
  16. Coda: Is Luanda Not Paris? 204
  17. Glossary 215
  18. Notes 219
  19. Bibliography 241
  20. Index 261
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478022763-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Maps and Figures ix
  4. Abbreviations xi
  5. Acknowledgments xiii
  6. Introduction: The Frontier Within 1
  7. Part I. Formation
  8. 1. Un-building History to Build the Present 29
  9. 2. Ordering Urban Expansion 59
  10. Part II. Stasis
  11. 3. A Place to Dwell in Times of Change 91
  12. 4. A City Decentered 119
  13. Part III. Fragmentation
  14. 5. Reversing (Urban) Composition 147
  15. 6. The Urban Yet to Come 175
  16. Coda: Is Luanda Not Paris? 204
  17. Glossary 215
  18. Notes 219
  19. Bibliography 241
  20. Index 261
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