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Author:

Meier, Prita, author.

Title:

Swahili port cities : the architecture of elsewhere / Prita Meier.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiv, 230 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Architecture and society--Africa, East.
Stone buildings--Africa, East.
Port cities--Africa, East.
Islamic architecture--Africa, East.
Architecture and society.
Islamic architecture.
Port cities.
Stone buildings.
Africa, East.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-220) and index.

Contents:

Conclusion: trading places. Difference set in stone: place and race in Mombasa -- A "curious" minaret: sacred place and the politics of Islam -- Architecture out of place: the politics of style in Zanzibar -- At home in the world: living with transoceanic things -- Conclusion: trading places.

Series:

African expressive cultures

ISBN:

025301915X
9780253019158
0253019095
9780253019097

OCLC:

(OCoLC)920677075

LCCN:

2015033413

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)