Expectations of modernity
James Ferguson
Expectations of modernity : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian copperbelt. /James Ferguson - Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press , 2007. - xvii, 326 Pages ;23 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 the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated. This title explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline.
9780520217027
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Social Sciences
Urban anthropology--Copper industry and trade
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Expectations of modernity : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian copperbelt. /James Ferguson - Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press , 2007. - xvii, 326 Pages ;23 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 the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated. This title explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline.
9780520217027
International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road,DaryaGanj,New Delhi-110002
Social Sciences
Urban anthropology--Copper industry and trade
306.096894 FER
