Ferguson, James, 1959-2025
Expectations of modernity : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt / James Ferguson.
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
xvii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Perspectives on Southern Africa ; 57
"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 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."-- Back cover,
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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.
Anthropologie urbaine Zambie Copperbelt.
Urbanisation Zambie Copperbelt.
Industrialisation Zambie Copperbelt.
Cuivre Industrie Zambie Copperbelt.
Cuivre Mines et extraction Zambie Copperbelt.
Zambia.
urbanization.
miners.
labour migration.
73.06 ethnography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture.
Copper industry and trade
Copper mines and mining
Economic history
Industrialization
Politics and government
Social conditions
Urban anthropology
Urbanization
Anthropologie
Ethnologie
Industrialisierung
Kupferindustrie
Verstädterung
Urbanisatie.
Industrialisatie.
Mijnwerkers.
Antropologia urbana.
Urbanização.
Anthropologie urbaine Zambie.
Cuivre Mines et extraction Zambie.
Zambia Social conditions 1964-
Zambia Economic conditions 1964-
Zambia Politics and government.
Zambie Conditions sociales 1964-
Zambie Conditions économiques 1964-
Zambie Politique et gouvernement.
Zambia Copperbelt Province
Provinz Copperbelt
Sambia
stedelijke samenleving
urban society
antropologie
anthropology
etnografie
ethnography
urbanisatie
industrialisatie
industrialization
koper
copper
industrie
industry
handel
trade
mijnbouw
mining
economische situatie
economic situation
sociaal milieu
social environment
sociale economie
socioeconomics
politics
politiek
government
regering
zambia
sociografie
sociography
Customs
Gewoonten
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Perspectives on Southern Africa ; 57.
Location: Library main 286729
Call No.: BIB 227186
Status: Available
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