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The Worlding of Architectural Labor - Architecture in Global Socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War. By Łukasz Stanek. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. Pp. 368. $60.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9780691168708); e-book (ISBN: 9780691194554).

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Architecture in Global Socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War. By Łukasz Stanek. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. Pp. 368. $60.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9780691168708); e-book (ISBN: 9780691194554).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2022

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West AfricaGhanaNigeriaAfrican modernitiesarchitectureinternational relationsurbanpostcolonial
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The Journal of African History , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , July 2022 , pp. 257 - 258
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