Expectations of Modernity
Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3910495 |
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| Authors | James A Pritchett, James Pritchett (0000-0003-2620-7061) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 150 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt, James Ferguson, 2019 |
| Venue | The International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/220272 |
| OpenAlex | W2802764350 |
| Language | EN |
Ancient history · Epistemology · Ethnology · Geography · Modernity · Mythology · Sociology · Anthropology · Classics · History · Philosophy · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
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Problems of Cross-Cultural Comparison
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| Highly cited | No |
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