: myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian copperbelt James Ferguson creator James Ferguson text Urban anthropology-Copper industry and trade xxu Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press , 2007 monographic eng

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xvii, 326 Pages ;23 cm. 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. /James Ferguson Social Sciences 306.096894 FER 9780520217027 International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road,DaryaGanj,New Delhi-110002 180725 20180725111746.0