After Corporate Paternalism : Material Renovation and Social Change in Times of Ruination

After Corporate Paternalism Material Renovation and Social Change in Times of Ruination

In this ethnographic study of post-paternalist ruination and renovation, Christian Straube explores social change at the intersection of material decay and social disconnection in the former mine township Mpatamatu of Luanshya, one of the oldest mining towns on the Zambian Copperbelt. Touching on to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Straube, Christian (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated 2021.
Series:Integration and Conflict Studies
Subjects:
Community centers > Social aspects > Zambia > Mpatamatu.
Copper industry and trade > Privatization > Social aspects > Zambia > Mpatamatu.
Copper miners > Zambia > Mpatamatu > Social conditions.
Downsizing of organizations > Social aspects > Zambia > Mpatamatu.
Social change > Zambia > Mpatamatu.
Social responsibility of business > Zambia > Mpatamatu.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Mpatamatu (Zambia) > Social conditions.
Anthropology (General), Development Studies, Sociology.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009645714906719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction. Things Fall Apart
  • Chapter 1. Of Company and Government
  • Chapter 2. Of Men and Women
  • Chapter 3. Of Miners and Teachers
  • Chapter 4. Of Miners and Preachers
  • Conclusion. Things Reassembled
  • References
  • Index

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