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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:The story of Beira
Author:Bennett, Jack
Year:2005
Periodical:Heritage of Zimbabwe (ISSN 0556-9605)
Issue:24
Pages:130-139
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs., ills.
Geographic terms:Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Southern Africa
Subjects:urban history
History, Archaeology
Beira (Mozambique)
history
Railroads
Abstract:The author presents the history of Beira, a coastal town in Mozambique. It became a seaport in 1891 when, according to an Anglo-Portuguese treaty of that year, a concession was given to Rhodes and his associates to build a railway from the port of Beira to Umtali in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). The author presents a description of and anecdotes related to the building of the Beira railway, the development of Beira town, including the town's social life and economy, and developments following the post-World War II regime changes and the subsequent evacuation of Beira's white population. In conclusion, he describes the town as he found it during a visit in 2002. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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