LEADER 04161nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910455065303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-08823-0 010 $a9786613520319 010 $a0-520-92228-X 010 $a0-585-28303-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520922280 035 $a(CKB)111004366722894 035 $a(EBL)858756 035 $a(OCoLC)45730914 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000151979 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11158015 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151979 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10321115 035 $a(PQKB)10410624 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC858756 035 $a(DE-B1597)519465 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520922280 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL858756 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533557 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL352031 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366722894 100 $a19981007d1999 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExpectations of modernity$b[electronic resource] $emyths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt /$fJames Ferguson 210 $aBerkeley, Calif. $cUniversity of California Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 225 1 $aPerspectives on Southern Africa ;$v57 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-21701-2 311 $a0-520-21702-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-320) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tList of Tables --$tList of Cases --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. The Copperbelt in Theory --$t2. Expectations of Permanence --$t3. Rural Connections, Urban Styles --$t4. "Back to the Land"? --$t5. Expectations of Domesticity --$t6. Asia in Miniature --$t7. Global Disconnect --$tPostscript: December 1998 --$tAppendix: Mineworkers' Letters --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aOnce lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960's and early 1970's was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970's, however, the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated, leaving workers scrambling to get by. Expectations of Modernity explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline. Focusing on the experiences of mineworkers in the Copperbelt region, James Ferguson traces the failure of standard narratives of urbanization and social change to make sense of the Copperbelt's recent history. He instead develops alternative analytic tools appropriate for an "ethnography of decline. "Ferguson shows how the Zambian copper workers understand their own experience of social, cultural, and economic "advance" and "decline." Ferguson's ethnographic study transports us into their lives-the dynamics of their relations with family and friends, as well as copper companies and government agencies. Theoretically sophisticated and vividly written, Expectations of Modernity will appeal not only to those interested in Africa today, but to anyone contemplating the illusory successes of today's globalizing economy. 410 0$aPerspectives on Southern Africa ;$v57. 606 $aUrban anthropology$zZambia$zCopperbelt Province 606 $aUrbanization$zZambia$zCopperbelt Province 606 $aIndustrialization$zZambia$zCopperbelt Province 606 $aCopper industry and trade$zZambia$zCopperbelt Province 606 $aCopper mines and mining$zZambia$zCopperbelt Province 607 $aZambia$xSocial conditions$y1964- 607 $aZambia$xEconomic conditions$y1964- 607 $aZambia$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUrban anthropology 615 0$aUrbanization 615 0$aIndustrialization 615 0$aCopper industry and trade 615 0$aCopper mines and mining 676 $a306/.096894 700 $aFerguson$b James$f1959-$01055422 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455065303321 996 $aExpectations of modernity$92488806 997 $aUNINA