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100 _aJames Ferguson
245 _aExpectations of modernity
_b: myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian copperbelt.
_c/James Ferguson
260 _aBerkeley, Calif. ; London
_b: University of California Press
_c, 2007.
300 _axvii, 326 Pages
_c;23 cm.
490 _aPerspectives on Southern Africa, 57.
520 _aOnce 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.
650 _aSocial Sciences
655 _aUrban anthropology
_bCopper industry and trade
700 _aJames Ferguson
942 _cBOOK
999 _c49951
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