Expectations of modernity : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt / / James Ferguson |
Autore | Ferguson James <1959-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 306/.096894 |
Collana | Perspectives on Southern Africa |
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 non controllato |
1960s
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 |
ISBN |
1-280-08823-0
9786613520319 0-520-92228-X 0-585-28303-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778862003321 |
Ferguson James <1959->
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Life as a hunt : thresholds of identities and illusions on an African landscape / / Stuart A. Marks |
Autore | Marks Stuart A. <1939-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : berghahn, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.896/391 |
Soggetto topico |
Wildlife conservation - Social aspects - Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique)
Bisa (Zambian people) - Hunting Subsistence hunting - Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique) |
Soggetto non controllato |
africas environmental and wildlife crises
anthropologists callousness and challenges of colonialism conservationists enriched environment for centuries homeland of valley bisa intrusion of warlords and british colonials most african protected areas story of valley bisa three national parks and escarpment zambia zambias central luangwa valley |
ISBN | 1-78533-158-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction On Poaching an Elephant : Calling the Shots and Following the Ricochets -- History and Circumstance: On becoming and Being Bisa -- Creating and Sustaining a Good Life within a Difficult Environment -- Never an Isolated Place Suspended in A-Historic Space -- A Cultural Grid : Making Sense of the Natural World -- Caused to Hunt : Life Histories of Three Generations (1903-2003) -- Gameful Pursuits in the Bush : coping with Process and Uncertainty -- Lineage Provisioning through Hunting : Changes in Scope and Scale -- Muzzle-loaders and Snares : Weapons within their Cultural Contexts -- Buffalo Mystique : Protein, Privilege, Power and Politics -- On Coping within a Cornucopia of Uncertain, Constant Changes -- Afterword : Readings "Out Loud" about Land and Wildlife as Properties. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792692103321 |
Marks Stuart A. <1939->
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Life as a hunt : thresholds of identities and illusions on an African landscape / / Stuart A. Marks |
Autore | Marks Stuart A. <1939-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : berghahn, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.896/391 |
Soggetto topico |
Wildlife conservation - Social aspects - Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique)
Bisa (Zambian people) - Hunting Subsistence hunting - Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique) |
Soggetto non controllato |
africas environmental and wildlife crises
anthropologists callousness and challenges of colonialism conservationists enriched environment for centuries homeland of valley bisa intrusion of warlords and british colonials most african protected areas story of valley bisa three national parks and escarpment zambia zambias central luangwa valley |
ISBN | 1-78533-158-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction On Poaching an Elephant : Calling the Shots and Following the Ricochets -- History and Circumstance: On becoming and Being Bisa -- Creating and Sustaining a Good Life within a Difficult Environment -- Never an Isolated Place Suspended in A-Historic Space -- A Cultural Grid : Making Sense of the Natural World -- Caused to Hunt : Life Histories of Three Generations (1903-2003) -- Gameful Pursuits in the Bush : coping with Process and Uncertainty -- Lineage Provisioning through Hunting : Changes in Scope and Scale -- Muzzle-loaders and Snares : Weapons within their Cultural Contexts -- Buffalo Mystique : Protein, Privilege, Power and Politics -- On Coping within a Cornucopia of Uncertain, Constant Changes -- Afterword : Readings "Out Loud" about Land and Wildlife as Properties. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821955603321 |
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Localizing global sport for development / / Iain Lindsey, Tess Kay, Ruth Jeanes, Davies Banda |
Autore | Lindsey Iain |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.0994 |
Collana | Globalizing Sport Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Caribbean islands
Sociology: sport & leisure History of sport |
Soggetto non controllato |
global development
urban communities development zambia community integration local sport sport sport for development |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996552370103316 |
Lindsey Iain
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Localizing global sport for development / / Iain Lindsey, Tess Kay, Ruth Jeanes, Davies Banda |
Autore | Lindsey Iain |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.0994 |
Collana | Globalizing Sport Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Caribbean islands
Sociology: sport & leisure History of sport |
Soggetto non controllato |
global development
urban communities development zambia community integration local sport sport sport for development |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910404145503321 |
Lindsey Iain
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