African Reverberations of the Mumbai Attacks

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 289-300

  Pieterse, Edgar ^a  

^a NRF Research Chair Urban Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

African urbanism; everyday practices; social infrastructures; urban violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649246710     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276409349282     Document Type: Article

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