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Malkit Shoshan visits a Dom-Ino House, a UN Base, and an Irish Bar
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Hotel Africa and the Crumbling of Modernity
Malkit Shoshan visits a Dom-Ino House, a UN Base, and an Irish Bar
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Hotel Africa and the Crumbling of Modernity
Malkit Shoshan visits a Dom-Ino House, a UN Base, and an Irish Bar
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research
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Visiting Scholars 2018
Visiting Scholars 2018
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Elisa Dainese,Dalhousie University, Canada Architectural Culture in Translation: Postwar Cities and African Villages Martina Hrabová, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic The Geography of an Intellectual Field: The Social Network of Le Corbusier’s Studio Lina Malfona, Rome Sapienza, Italy Political Mind: Alvaro Siza’s Urban Projects From(...)
Elisa Dainese,Dalhousie University, Canada Architectural Culture in Translation: Postwar Cities and African Villages Martina Hrabová, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic The Geography of an Intellectual Field: The Social Network of Le Corbusier’s Studio Lina Malfona, Rome Sapienza, Italy Political Mind: Alvaro Siza’s Urban Projects From(...)
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June 2018 to September 2018
June 2018 to September 2018
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Visiting Scholars 2018
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Elisa Dainese,Dalhousie University, Canada Architectural Culture in Translation: Postwar Cities and African Villages Martina Hrabová, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic The Geography of an Intellectual Field: The Social Network of Le Corbusier’s Studio Lina Malfona, Rome Sapienza, Italy Political Mind: Alvaro Siza’s Urban Projects From(...)
Visiting Scholars 2018
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Elisa Dainese,Dalhousie University, Canada Architectural Culture in Translation: Postwar Cities and African Villages Martina Hrabová, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic The Geography of an Intellectual Field: The Social Network of Le Corbusier’s Studio Lina Malfona, Rome Sapienza, Italy Political Mind: Alvaro Siza’s Urban Projects From(...)
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June 2018 to
September 2018
June 2018 to
September 2018
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Join us on Thursday, 17 September for a talk by architect Nana Biamah-Ofosu. As founder and director of YAA Projects, she presents the work of the practice, which explores counter-histories and material cultures of diasporic communities through making, writing, and speaking architecture.
Join us on Thursday, 17 September for a talk by architect Nana Biamah-Ofosu. As founder and director of YAA Projects, she presents the work of the practice, which explores counter-histories and material cultures of diasporic communities through making, writing, and speaking architecture.
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17 September 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
17 September 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Title:
Exploring Counter-Histories with Nana Biamah-Ofosu
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Join us on Thursday, 17 September for a talk by architect Nana Biamah-Ofosu. As founder and director of YAA Projects, she presents the work of the practice, which explores counter-histories and material cultures of diasporic communities through making, writing, and speaking architecture.
Exploring Counter-Histories with Nana Biamah-Ofosu
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Join us on Thursday, 17 September for a talk by architect Nana Biamah-Ofosu. As founder and director of YAA Projects, she presents the work of the practice, which explores counter-histories and material cultures of diasporic communities through making, writing, and speaking architecture.
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17 September 2026
6pm to 7:30pm
17 September 2026
6pm to 7:30pm
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archives
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Fonds
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Fonds
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AP218
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The Gillian Hopwood and John Godwin fonds documents Hopwood and Godwin’s architectural projects from the early 1950s to the late 1980s, as well as their training to become architects, the administration of their architecture practice, and their career as architectural consultants, and their writing from the 1940s to 2023. The fonds mostly contains material related to their architectural projects, over 450 of them, mostly in Nigeria and some from their practice in the United Kingdom.
AP218
Synopsis:
The Gillian Hopwood and John Godwin fonds documents Hopwood and Godwin’s architectural projects from the early 1950s to the late 1980s, as well as their training to become architects, the administration of their architecture practice, and their career as architectural consultants, and their writing from the 1940s to 2023. The fonds mostly contains material related to their architectural projects, over 450 of them, mostly in Nigeria and some from their practice in the United Kingdom.
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Gillian Hopwood and John Godwin fonds
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AP218
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The Gillian Hopwood and John Godwin fonds documents Hopwood and Godwin’s architectural projects from the early 1950s to the late 1980s, as well as their training to become architects, the administration of their architecture practice, and their career as architectural consultants, and their writing from the 1940s to 2023. The fonds mostly contains material related to their architectural projects, over 450 of them, mostly in Nigeria and some from their practice in the United Kingdom.
Gillian Hopwood and John Godwin fonds
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AP218
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The Gillian Hopwood and John Godwin fonds documents Hopwood and Godwin’s architectural projects from the early 1950s to the late 1980s, as well as their training to become architects, the administration of their architecture practice, and their career as architectural consultants, and their writing from the 1940s to 2023. The fonds mostly contains material related to their architectural projects, over 450 of them, mostly in Nigeria and some from their practice in the United Kingdom.
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archives
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Fonds
archives
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Fonds
Date:
1940-2025
1940-2025
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books
books
Title:
Rescuing modernity : global heritage assemblages & modern achitecture in Africa / Christoph Rausch.
Rescuing modernity : global heritage assemblages & modern achitecture in Africa / Christoph Rausch.
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229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Library main 319442 | 319442 | 1 | Available
- Library main 319442-1 | 319442 | 1 | Related ephemera | Available
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229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
- Cultural property Protection International cooperation.,
- Cultural property Protection Africa.,
- World Heritage areas Africa.,
- Architecture and anthropology Africa.,
- Sites du patrimoine mondial Afrique.,
- Architecture et anthropologie Afrique.,
- Architecture and anthropology,
- Cultural property Protection,
- World Heritage areas,
- Africa,
- dissertations.,
- Academic theses.,
- Thèses et écrits académiques.
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2013.
2013.
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Rescuing modernity : global heritage assemblages & modern achitecture in Africa / Christoph Rausch.
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229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Rescuing modernity : global heritage assemblages & modern achitecture in Africa / Christoph Rausch.
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- Library main 319442 | 319442 | 1 | Available
- Library main 319442-1 | 319442 | 1 | Related ephemera | Available
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229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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books
books
Publication:
2013.
2013.
Subject:
- Cultural property Protection International cooperation.,
- Cultural property Protection Africa.,
- World Heritage areas Africa.,
- Architecture and anthropology Africa.,
- Sites du patrimoine mondial Afrique.,
- Architecture et anthropologie Afrique.,
- Architecture and anthropology,
- Cultural property Protection,
- World Heritage areas,
- Africa,
- dissertations.,
- Academic theses.,
- Thèses et écrits académiques.
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xxiii, 365 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), plans (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
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xxiii, 365 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), plans (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
Subject:
- Architecture Africa History.,
- Architecture, Modern 21st century.,
- Architecture, Modern 20th century.,
- Regional planning Africa.,
- Cultural property Africa.,
- Cities and towns Africa.,
- Architecture, Modern.,
- Architecture Afrique Histoire.,
- Architecture 21e siècle.,
- Architecture 20e siècle.,
- Aménagement du territoire Afrique.,
- Villes Afrique.,
- Architecture.,
- Cities and towns.,
- Cultural property.,
- Regional planning.,
- Africa.,
- History.
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Publication:
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019], ©2019
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019], ©2019
Title:
Modern architecture in Africa : practical encounters with intricate African modernity / Antoni S. Folkers, Belinda A.C. van Buiten.
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xxiii, 365 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), plans (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
Modern architecture in Africa : practical encounters with intricate African modernity / Antoni S. Folkers, Belinda A.C. van Buiten.
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xxiii, 365 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), plans (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
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books
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Publication:
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019], ©2019
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019], ©2019
Subject:
- Architecture Africa History.,
- Architecture, Modern 21st century.,
- Architecture, Modern 20th century.,
- Regional planning Africa.,
- Cultural property Africa.,
- Cities and towns Africa.,
- Architecture, Modern.,
- Architecture Afrique Histoire.,
- Architecture 21e siècle.,
- Architecture 20e siècle.,
- Aménagement du territoire Afrique.,
- Villes Afrique.,
- Architecture.,
- Cities and towns.,
- Cultural property.,
- Regional planning.,
- Africa.,
- History.
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xvii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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xvii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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- Urban anthropology Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Urbanization Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Industrialization Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Copper industry and trade Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Copper mines and mining Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Anthropologie urbaine Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Urbanisation Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Industrialisation Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Cuivre Industrie Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Cuivre Mines et extraction Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Zambia.,
- urbanization.,
- miners.,
- labour migration.,
- 73.06 ethnography.,
- SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural.,
- POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy.,
- SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture.,
- Copper industry and trade,
- Copper mines and mining,
- Economic history,
- Industrialization,
- Politics and government,
- Social conditions,
- Urban anthropology,
- Urbanization,
- Anthropologie,
- Ethnologie,
- Industrialisierung,
- Kupferindustrie,
- Verstädterung,
- Urbanisatie.,
- Industrialisatie.,
- Mijnwerkers.,
- Antropologia urbana.,
- Urbanização.,
- Anthropologie urbaine Zambie.,
- Cuivre Mines et extraction Zambie.,
- Zambia Social conditions 1964-,
- Zambia Economic conditions 1964-,
- Zambia Politics and government.,
- Zambie Conditions sociales 1964-,
- Zambie Conditions économiques 1964-,
- Zambie Politique et gouvernement.,
- Zambia Copperbelt Province,
- Provinz Copperbelt,
- Sambia,
- stedelijke samenleving,
- urban society,
- antropologie,
- anthropology,
- etnografie,
- ethnography,
- urbanisatie,
- industrialisatie,
- industrialization,
- koper,
- copper,
- industrie,
- industry,
- handel,
- trade,
- mijnbouw,
- mining,
- economische situatie,
- economic situation,
- sociaal milieu,
- social environment,
- sociale economie,
- socioeconomics,
- politics,
- politiek,
- government,
- regering,
- zambia,
- sociografie,
- sociography,
- Customs,
- Gewoonten,
- Electronic book.,
- Electronic books.
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Publication:
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Title:
Expectations of modernity : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt / James Ferguson.
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xvii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Expectations of modernity : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt / James Ferguson.
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xvii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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books
books
Publication:
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Subject:
- Urban anthropology Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Urbanization Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Industrialization Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Copper industry and trade Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Copper mines and mining Zambia Copperbelt Province.,
- Anthropologie urbaine Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Urbanisation Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Industrialisation Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Cuivre Industrie Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Cuivre Mines et extraction Zambie Copperbelt.,
- Zambia.,
- urbanization.,
- miners.,
- labour migration.,
- 73.06 ethnography.,
- SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural.,
- POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy.,
- SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture.,
- Copper industry and trade,
- Copper mines and mining,
- Economic history,
- Industrialization,
- Politics and government,
- Social conditions,
- Urban anthropology,
- Urbanization,
- Anthropologie,
- Ethnologie,
- Industrialisierung,
- Kupferindustrie,
- Verstädterung,
- Urbanisatie.,
- Industrialisatie.,
- Mijnwerkers.,
- Antropologia urbana.,
- Urbanização.,
- Anthropologie urbaine Zambie.,
- Cuivre Mines et extraction Zambie.,
- Zambia Social conditions 1964-,
- Zambia Economic conditions 1964-,
- Zambia Politics and government.,
- Zambie Conditions sociales 1964-,
- Zambie Conditions économiques 1964-,
- Zambie Politique et gouvernement.,
- Zambia Copperbelt Province,
- Provinz Copperbelt,
- Sambia,
- stedelijke samenleving,
- urban society,
- antropologie,
- anthropology,
- etnografie,
- ethnography,
- urbanisatie,
- industrialisatie,
- industrialization,
- koper,
- copper,
- industrie,
- industry,
- handel,
- trade,
- mijnbouw,
- mining,
- economische situatie,
- economic situation,
- sociaal milieu,
- social environment,
- sociale economie,
- socioeconomics,
- politics,
- politiek,
- government,
- regering,
- zambia,
- sociografie,
- sociography,
- Customs,
- Gewoonten,
- Electronic book.,
- Electronic books.
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vii, 368 pages ; 24 cm
Description:
vii, 368 pages ; 24 cm
Author:
- Stephan F. Miescher, Peter J. Bloom, and Takyiwaa Manuh -- Percy C. Hintzen -- Andrew Apter -- Rosaleen Smyth -- Aaron Windel -- Mhoze Chikowero -- Peter J. Bloom -- Julia Tischler -- Stephan F. Miescher -- Gabrielle Hecht -- Jean Allman -- Nate Plageman -- Takyiwaa Manuh -- Christina S. McMahon -- Nana Wilson-Tagoe -- Aida Mbowa.,
- Bloom, Peter J.,,
- Miescher, Stephan,,
- Manuh, Takyiwaa,,
- Hintzen, Percy C. After modernization.
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Subject:
- Economic development Social aspects Africa.,
- Social change Africa.,
- Economic development Social aspects.,
- Economic history.,
- Economic policy.,
- Social change.,
- Social conditions,
- Modernisierung,
- Postkolonialismus,
- Ekonomisk utveckling sociala aspekter.,
- Social förändring.,
- Africa Economic conditions 1960-,
- Africa Social conditions 1960-,
- Africa Economic policy.,
- Afrique Conditions économiques 1960-,
- Afrique Conditions sociales 1960-,
- Afrique Politique économique.,
- Africa.,
- Afrika
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Publication:
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]
Title:
Modernization as spectacle in Africa / edited by Peter J. Bloom, Stephan F. Miescher, and Takyiwaa Manuh.
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vii, 368 pages ; 24 cm
Modernization as spectacle in Africa / edited by Peter J. Bloom, Stephan F. Miescher, and Takyiwaa Manuh.
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vii, 368 pages ; 24 cm
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books
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Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]
Author:
- Stephan F. Miescher, Peter J. Bloom, and Takyiwaa Manuh -- Percy C. Hintzen -- Andrew Apter -- Rosaleen Smyth -- Aaron Windel -- Mhoze Chikowero -- Peter J. Bloom -- Julia Tischler -- Stephan F. Miescher -- Gabrielle Hecht -- Jean Allman -- Nate Plageman -- Takyiwaa Manuh -- Christina S. McMahon -- Nana Wilson-Tagoe -- Aida Mbowa.,
- Bloom, Peter J.,,
- Miescher, Stephan,,
- Manuh, Takyiwaa,,
- Hintzen, Percy C. After modernization.
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Subject:
- Economic development Social aspects Africa.,
- Social change Africa.,
- Economic development Social aspects.,
- Economic history.,
- Economic policy.,
- Social change.,
- Social conditions,
- Modernisierung,
- Postkolonialismus,
- Ekonomisk utveckling sociala aspekter.,
- Social förändring.,
- Africa Economic conditions 1960-,
- Africa Social conditions 1960-,
- Africa Economic policy.,
- Afrique Conditions économiques 1960-,
- Afrique Conditions sociales 1960-,
- Afrique Politique économique.,
- Africa.,
- Afrika
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ix, 269 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm
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ix, 269 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm
Subject:
- Art and society Islamic countries History 19th century.,
- Modernism (Aesthetics) Islamic countries History 19th century.,
- Art and society Mediterranean Region History 19th century.,
- Modernism (Aesthetics) Mediterranean Region History 19th century.,
- Art et société Pays musulmans Histoire 19e siècle.,
- Modernisme (Esthétique) Pays musulmans Histoire 19e siècle.,
- Art and society.,
- Modernism (Aesthetics),
- Islamic countries.,
- Mediterranean Region.,
- 1800-1899,
- History.
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Publication:
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Title:
Making modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean / edited by Margaret S. Graves and Alex Dika Seggerman.
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ix, 269 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm
Making modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean / edited by Margaret S. Graves and Alex Dika Seggerman.
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ix, 269 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm
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books
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Publication:
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Subject:
- Art and society Islamic countries History 19th century.,
- Modernism (Aesthetics) Islamic countries History 19th century.,
- Art and society Mediterranean Region History 19th century.,
- Modernism (Aesthetics) Mediterranean Region History 19th century.,
- Art et société Pays musulmans Histoire 19e siècle.,
- Modernisme (Esthétique) Pays musulmans Histoire 19e siècle.,
- Art and society.,
- Modernism (Aesthetics),
- Islamic countries.,
- Mediterranean Region.,
- 1800-1899,
- History.
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xiv, 140 pages ; 24 cm.
- Library main 317803 | 317803 | 1 | Available
- Library main 315937 | 315937 | 2 | Available
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xiv, 140 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
- African diaspora.,
- Africains Pays étrangers.,
- Civilization.,
- Economic history.,
- Politics and government.,
- Social conditions.,
- Kulturelle Identität,
- Politische Identität,
- Soziale Situation,
- Wirtschaft,
- Africa Social conditions 1960-,
- Africa Politics and government 1960-,
- Africa Economic conditions 1960-,
- Africa Civilization.,
- Afrique Conditions sociales 1960-,
- Afrique Politique et gouvernement 1960-,
- Afrique Conditions économiques 1960-,
- Africa.,
- Afrika,
- Aufsatzsammlung.
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Publication:
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2004.
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2004.
Title:
Africa beyond the post-colonial : political and socio-cultural identities / edited by Ola Uduku and Alfred B. Zack-Williams.
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xiv, 140 pages ; 24 cm.
Africa beyond the post-colonial : political and socio-cultural identities / edited by Ola Uduku and Alfred B. Zack-Williams.
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- Library main 315937 | 315937 | 2 | Available
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xiv, 140 pages ; 24 cm.
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books
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Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2004.
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2004.
Subject:
- African diaspora.,
- Africains Pays étrangers.,
- Civilization.,
- Economic history.,
- Politics and government.,
- Social conditions.,
- Kulturelle Identität,
- Politische Identität,
- Soziale Situation,
- Wirtschaft,
- Africa Social conditions 1960-,
- Africa Politics and government 1960-,
- Africa Economic conditions 1960-,
- Africa Civilization.,
- Afrique Conditions sociales 1960-,
- Afrique Politique et gouvernement 1960-,
- Afrique Conditions économiques 1960-,
- Africa.,
- Afrika,
- Aufsatzsammlung.
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