Historic buildings of Harare, 1890-1940 By Peter Jackson

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Historic buildings of Harare, 1890-1940 By Peter Jackson

Softcover

ISBN 0908306024

Publisher: Quest Publishing Ltd 1986

Used-Very Good, The wraps are slightly shelf rubbed, bumped, edge worn. Rubber stamp in the front cover. Inscribed on the front first page. Binding is excellent, pages are clean. The book is now protected with a cellophane cover.

"The history of early colonial architecture illustrates the increasing economic power and resources of the settler population. The settlers arrived with an alien culture and foreign ideals which determined the forms of the new buildings and towns. Response to geography and climate modified those forms to fit better the local conditions." 23cm x 22cms. Pp.x/134, black & white photo illustrations throughout by Neils Lassen + 4 photos of buildings by the author and pre-1940 photographs supplied by the National Archives of Zimbabwe, 8 maps/plans,

The historic buildings of the capital of Zimbabwe, built during the period it was known as Salisbury, Rhodesia. Black & white photographs, maps, plans, architectural detail drawings.


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