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Expectations of modernity : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt /
Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s, however, the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated, leaving workers scrambling to get by. Expectations of Mode...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1999.
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| Colección: | Perspectives on Southern Africa ;
57. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s, 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 his. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-320) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520922280 052092228X 0585283036 9780585283036 0520217020 9780520217027 |