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  • ISBN 9781847012661
  • Weight: 769g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 18 Jun 2021
  • Publisher: James Currey
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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The first comparative historical analysis - local, national and transnational - of the cross-border Central African copperbelt; a key work in studies of labour, urbanisation and African studies. The Central African Copperbelt, encompassing the mining communities of Katanga (DR Congo) and Zambia, has been central to the study of modernisation and rapid social and political change in urban Africa. This volume expands upon earlier studies of industrial mining, male-dominated formal labour organisation 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 comic strips and football matches, their precarious and inventive ways of living, their involvement in church and education, and the processes and impact of urbanisation 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 working in global urban development. This book is available under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC. It is based on research that is part of a project that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement no: 681657): 'Comparing the Copperbelt: Political Culture and Knowledge Production in Central Africa'.
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MILES LARMER is Professor of African History, University of Oxford. ENID GUENE is Research Associate in Cultural History, University of Oxford. BENOÎT HENRIET is Assistant Professor in History, Vrije Universiteit Brussels. IVA PESA is Assistant Professor in History, University of Groningen. ENID GUENE is Research Associate in Cultural History, University of Oxford. RACHEL TAYLOR is Research Associate in the History of Haut Katanga (DRC), African Studies Centre, University of Oxford. BENOÎT HENRIET is Assistant Professor in History, Vrije Universiteit Brussels. MILES LARMER is Professor of African History, University of Oxford.