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Perspectives on Southern Africa Ser.: Expectations of Modernity : Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt by James Ferguson (1999, Trade Paperback)

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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. 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.

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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520217020
ISBN-13
9780520217027
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Author
James Ferguson
Publication Name
Expectations of Modernity : Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
Perspectives on Southern Africa Ser.
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
343 Pages

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9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz

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Series Volume Number
57
Lc Classification Number
98-47355
Reviews
Ferguson is an astute analyst of ideologies of development and the misunderstandings they can generate.
Table of Content
List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Cases Acknowledgments I. The Copperbelt in Theory From "Emerging Africa" to the Ethnography of Decline 2. Expectations of Permanence Mobile Workers, Modernist Narratives, and the "Full House" of Urban-Rural Residential Strategies 3. Rural Connections, Urban Styles Theorizing Cultural Dualism 4· "Back to the Land"? The Micropolitical Economy of "Return" Migration 5. Expectations of Domesticity Men, Women, and "the Modern Family" 6. Asia in Miniature Signification, Noise, and Cosmopolitan Style 7. Global Disconnect Abjection and the Aftermath of Modernism Postscript: December 1998 Appendix: Mineworkers' Letters Notes References Index
Copyright Date
2000
Topic
Mining, Sociology / General, Africa / General, Development / General, Economic Conditions, Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, World / African, Sociology / Urban
Lccn
98-047355
Dewey Decimal
306/.096894
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History, Social Science, Political Science

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