05027oam 2201141Ia 450 991077886200332120231220210957.01-280-08823-097866135203190-520-92228-X0-585-28303-610.1525/9780520922280(CKB)111004366722894(EBL)858756(OCoLC)45730914(SSID)ssj0000151979(PQKBManifestationID)11158015(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151979(PQKBWorkID)10321115(PQKB)10410624(MiAaPQ)EBC858756(DE-B1597)519465(DE-B1597)9780520922280(Au-PeEL)EBL858756(CaPaEBR)ebr10533557(CaONFJC)MIL352031(PPN)268968187(EXLCZ)9911100436672289419981007h19991999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierExpectations of modernity myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt /James FergusonBerkeley, Calif. :University of California Press,1999.©19991 online resource (xvii, 326 pages) illustrations, mapsPerspectives on Southern Africa ;570-520-21701-2 0-520-21702-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-320) and index.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 --IndexOnce 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 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.Perspectives on Southern Africa ;57.Urban anthropologyZambiaCopperbelt ProvinceUrbanizationZambiaCopperbelt ProvinceIndustrializationZambiaCopperbelt ProvinceCopper industry and tradeZambiaCopperbelt ProvinceCopper mines and miningZambiaCopperbelt ProvinceZambiaSocial conditions1964-ZambiaEconomic conditions1964-ZambiaPolitics and government1960s.1970s.academic.africa.african culture.african history.african studies.analysis.copper.copperbelt.cultural history.cultural studies.economic boom.economics.economy.ethnography.exports.finance.global economy.global.international.labor.modernity.money.precious metals.scholarly.social studies.urban economy.urban.zambia.zambian culture.Urban anthropologyUrbanizationIndustrializationCopper industry and tradeCopper mines and mining306/.096894Ferguson James1959-1492649MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778862003321Expectations of modernity3715267UNINA