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Autore |
Ferguson James <1959-> |
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Titolo |
Expectations of modernity [[electronic resource] ] : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt / / James Ferguson |
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Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-08823-0 |
9786613520319 |
0-520-92228-X |
0-585-28303-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Collana |
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Perspectives on Southern Africa ; ; 57 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Urban anthropology - Zambia - Copperbelt Province |
Urbanization - Zambia - Copperbelt Province |
Industrialization - Zambia - Copperbelt Province |
Copper industry and trade - Zambia - Copperbelt Province |
Copper mines and mining - Zambia - Copperbelt Province |
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Zambia Social conditions 1964- |
Zambia Economic conditions 1964- |
Zambia Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-320) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- List of Cases -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Copperbelt in Theory -- 2. Expectations of Permanence -- 3. Rural Connections, Urban Styles -- 4. "Back to the Land"? -- 5. Expectations of Domesticity -- 6. Asia in Miniature -- 7. Global Disconnect -- Postscript: December 1998 -- Appendix: Mineworkers' Letters -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960's and early 1970's was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970's, however, the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated, leaving workers scrambling to get by. Expectations of Modernity explores the social and |
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