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Across the Copperbelt : Urban & Social Change in Central Africa's Borderland Communities by Miles Larmer; Enid Guene; Benoit Henriet; Iva Pesa; Rachel Taylor; Duncan Money; Hikabwa D. Chipande; Rita Kesselring; David M. Gordon; Christian Straube; Hlne Blaszkiewicz; Jennifer Chibamba Chansa; Amandine Lauro; Donatien Dibwe Dia Mwembu; Stephanie Laemmert is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Across the Copperbelt : Urban & Social Change in Central Africa's Borderland Communities about?
The Central African Copperbelt, encompassing the mining communities of Katanga (DR Congo) and Zambia, has been central to the study of modernization and rapid social and political change in urban Africa. This volume expands upon earlier studies of industrial mining, male-dominated formal labor organization and political change by examining both sides of the border from pre-colonial history to the present and encompassing a wide range of economic, social and cultural identities and activities. Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, the contributors explore copperbelt communities' sense of identity - expressed in love stories, comic strips and football matches, their precarious and inventive ways of living, their involvement in church and education, and the processes and impact of urbanization and development, environmental degradation and changing gender relations. A major contribution to borderland studies, in showing how the meaning and relevance of the border to the copperbelt's mixed and mobile population has changed constantly over time, the book's engagement with communities at the nexus of social, economic and political change makes it a key study for those w
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- Author
- Miles Larmer; Enid Guene; Benoit Henriet; Iva Pesa; Rachel Taylor; Duncan Money; Hikabwa D. Chipande; Rita Kesselring; David M. Gordon; Christian Straube; Hlne Blaszkiewicz; Jennifer Chibamba Chansa; Amandine Lauro; Donatien Dibwe Dia Mwembu; Stephanie Laemmert
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer, Limited
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781847012661
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Management, Anthropology