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1. The Copperbelt in Theory

From "Emerging Africa" to the Ethnography of Decline
  • James Ferguson
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Expectations of Modernity
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© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of Illustrations ix
  4. List of Tables xi
  5. List of Cases xiii
  6. Acknowledgments xv
  7. 1. The Copperbelt in Theory 1
  8. 2. Expectations of Permanence 38
  9. 3. Rural Connections, Urban Styles 82
  10. 4. "Back to the Land"? 123
  11. 5. Expectations of Domesticity 166
  12. 6. Asia in Miniature 207
  13. 7. Global Disconnect 234
  14. Postscript: December 1998 255
  15. Appendix: Mineworkers' Letters 259
  16. Notes 269
  17. References 295
  18. Index 321
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520922280-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of Illustrations ix
  4. List of Tables xi
  5. List of Cases xiii
  6. Acknowledgments xv
  7. 1. The Copperbelt in Theory 1
  8. 2. Expectations of Permanence 38
  9. 3. Rural Connections, Urban Styles 82
  10. 4. "Back to the Land"? 123
  11. 5. Expectations of Domesticity 166
  12. 6. Asia in Miniature 207
  13. 7. Global Disconnect 234
  14. Postscript: December 1998 255
  15. Appendix: Mineworkers' Letters 259
  16. Notes 269
  17. References 295
  18. Index 321
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