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Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt
James Ferguson
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Paperback. 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 the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated. This title explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 343 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; GTB; JFSG; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
343
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
Perspectives on Southern Africa S.
Condition
New
Weight
500g
Number of Pages
343
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520217027
SKU
V9780520217027
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About James Ferguson
James Ferguson is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of The Anti-Politics Machine: "Development," Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho (1990). He is also coeditor, with Akhil Gupta, of Anthropological Locations: Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science (California, 1997) and Culture, Power, Place: Explorations in Critical Anthropology (1997).
Reviews for Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt
"Ferguson is an astute analyst of ideologies of development and the misunderstandings they can generate."
Foreign Affairs
"Ferguson presents a set of stimulating and important theoretical ideas."
American Ethnologust
"[A] remarkable, deeply satisfying book."
Journal of Asian and African Studies
"[Ferguson] has . . . exposed the need for a fresh set of intellectual ... Read more
Foreign Affairs
"Ferguson presents a set of stimulating and important theoretical ideas."
American Ethnologust
"[A] remarkable, deeply satisfying book."
Journal of Asian and African Studies
"[Ferguson] has . . . exposed the need for a fresh set of intellectual ... Read more