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Expectations of modernity [[electronic resource] ] : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt / / James Ferguson



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Autore: Ferguson James <1959-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Expectations of modernity [[electronic resource] ] : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt / / James Ferguson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c1999
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
Disciplina: 306/.096894
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: Zambia Social conditions 1964-
Zambia Economic conditions 1964-
Zambia Politics and government
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-320) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Expectations of modernity  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-08823-0
9786613520319
0-520-92228-X
0-585-28303-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455065303321
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Serie: Perspectives on Southern Africa ; ; 57.