{"product_id":"the-suburban-frontier-9780520402393","title":"The Suburban Frontier","description":"\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1525\/luminos.199\"\u003ewww.luminosoa.org\u003c\/a\u003e to learn more\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Claire Mercer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48199847739643,"sku":"9780520402393","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_47242f9b-c40e-421e-881d-16d3cdc019d4.jpg?v=1770687379","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-suburban-frontier-9780520402393","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}