{"product_id":"the-suburban-frontier-claire-mercer-9780520402386","title":"The Suburban Frontier: Middle-Class Construction in Dar Es Salaam","description":"\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e African cities are under construction. Beyond the urban redevelopment schemes and large-scale infrastructure projects reconfiguring central city skylines, urban residents are putting their resources into finding land and building homes on city edges. \u003ci\u003eThe Suburban Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e examines how self-built housing on the urban periphery has become central to middle-class formation and urban transformation in contemporary Tanzania. Drawing on original research in the city of Dar es Salaam, Claire Mercer details how the \"suburban frontier\" has become \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e place where Africa's middle classes are shaped. As the first book-length analysis of Africa's suburban middle class, \u003ci\u003eThe Suburban Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e offers significant contributions to the study of urban social change in Africa and urbanization in the Global South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520402383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520402386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 0.70d","brand":"Claire Mercer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46094312767743,"sku":"9780520402386","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f08c18a-ce4b-4a9a-9598-a813f448a1a4.jpg?v=1724844290","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-suburban-frontier-claire-mercer-9780520402386","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}