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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Rural Settlements | 16 |
Illustration Section II nos 3049 | 23 |
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| Title | African traditional architecture: an historical and geographical perspective |
| Author | Susan Denyer |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Africana Pub. Co., 1978 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | Jul 7, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0841902879, 9780841902879 |
| Length | 210 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Criticism Architecture / History / General Architecture / Reference Architecture / Regional |
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