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4. At Home with Nairobi’s Working Poor: Reading Meja Mwangi’s Urban Novels 4. 与内罗毕的工作穷人在一起:阅读梅贾·姆旺吉的都市小说

The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa Pub Date : 2020-05-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110601183-004

Martina Kopf

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The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa Pub Date : 2020-05-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110601183-010

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6. House, Home, Health and Hygiene – Social Engineering of Workers in Elisabethville/ Lubumbashi (1940s to 1960s) Through the Lens of Language Usage 6. 房屋、家庭、健康和卫生——从语言使用的角度看伊丽莎白维尔/卢本巴希工人的社会工程(1940至1960年代)

The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa Pub Date : 2020-05-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110601183-006

Daniela Waldburger

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The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa Pub Date : 2020-05-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110601183-203

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The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa Pub Date : 2020-05-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110601183-fm

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8. Concrete Does not Cry: Interdisciplinary Reflections on and Beyond Housing 8. 混凝土不会哭:跨学科的反思和超越住房

The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa Pub Date : 2020-05-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110601183-008

Nicholas Sungura, M. Wagner, Martina Barker-Ciganikova, Kirsten Rüther

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5. La problématique de l’habitat dans la ville de Lubumbashi (Elisabethville), province du Katanga, 1910–1960 5. 加丹加省卢本巴希市(伊丽莎白维尔)的住房问题，1910 - 1960年

The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa Pub Date : 2020-05-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110601183-005

Donatien Dibwe dia Mwembu, Katanga

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7. Spatio-physical Power and Social Control Strategies of the Colonial State in Africa: The Case of CDC Workers’ Camps in Cameroon 7. 非洲殖民国家的空间-物质权力和社会控制策略:以喀麦隆CDC工人营地为例

The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa Pub Date : 2020-05-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110601183-007

Liora Bigon

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2. The Rule of Rent: The State, Employers and the Becoming Urban Dweller in Northern Rhodesia Acting Across a Societal Field of Force, c. 1948–1962 2. 租金规则:国家、雇主和北罗得西亚的城市居民在社会力量领域的行为，c. 1948-1962

The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa Pub Date : 2020-05-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110601183-002

Kirsten Rüther

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