Expectations of modernity :: myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt /

Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s, however, the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated, leaving workers scrambling to get by. Expectations of Mode...

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1. Verfasser: Ferguson, James, 1959-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Schriftenreihe:Perspectives on Southern Africa ; 57.
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Zusammenfassung:Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s, however, the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated, leaving workers scrambling to get by. Expectations of Modernity explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline. Focusing on the experiences of mineworkers in the Copperbelt region, James Ferguson traces the failure of standard narratives of urbanization and social change to make sense of the Copperbelt's recent his.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvii, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-320) and index.
ISBN:9780520922280
052092228X
0585283036
9780585283036
0520217020
9780520217027

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