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UNINA9910455065303321 |
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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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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 |
Electronic books. |
Zambia Social conditions 1964- |
Zambia Economic conditions 1964- |
Zambia Politics and government |
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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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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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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 history. He instead develops alternative analytic tools appropriate for an "ethnography of decline. "Ferguson shows how the Zambian copper workers understand their own experience of social, cultural, and economic "advance" and "decline." Ferguson's ethnographic study transports us into their lives-the dynamics of their relations with family and friends, as well as copper companies and government agencies. Theoretically sophisticated and vividly written, Expectations of Modernity will appeal not only to those interested in Africa today, but to anyone contemplating the illusory successes of today's globalizing economy. |
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UNINA9910708620103321 |
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Autore |
Warwick Peter D. |
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Lithofacies and palynostratigraphy of some Cretaceous and Paleocene rocks, Surghar and Salt Range coal fields, northern Pakistan / / by Peter D. Warwick [and five others] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Washington : , : United States Government Printing Office, , 1995 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (iii, 35 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; ; 2096 |
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Coal - Geology - Pakistan - Miānwāli District |
Geology - Pakistan - Miānwāli District |
Geology, Stratigraphic - Cretaceous |
Geology, Stratigraphic - Paleocene |
Palynology - Pakistan - Miānwāli District |
Coal - Geology |
Cretaceous Geologic Period |
Geology |
Geology, Stratigraphic |
Paleocene Geologic Epoch |
Palynology |
Pakistan Miānwāli District |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from title screen (viewed August 25, 2014). |
Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/). |
"Prepared in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Pakistan, under the auspices of the Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of State, and the Government of Pakistan." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-17). |
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