Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s, however, the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated, leaving workers scrambling to get by. Expectations of Modernity explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline. Focusing on the experiences of mineworkers in the Copperbelt region, James Ferguson traces the failure of standard narratives of urbanization and social change to make sense of the Copperbelt's recent history. He instead develops alternative analytic tools appropriate for an ethnography of decline.

Ferguson shows how the Zambian copper workers understand their own experience of social, cultural, and economic advance and decline. Ferguson's ethnographic study transports us into their lives-the dynamics of their relations with family and friends, as well as copper companies and government agencies.

Theoretically sophisticated and vividly written, Expectations of Modernity will appeal not only to those interested in Africa today, but to anyone contemplating the illusory successes of today's globalizing economy.

In Give a Man a Fish James Ferguson examines the rise of social welfare programs in southern Africa, in which states make cash payments to their low income citizens. More than thirty percent of South Africa's population receive such payments, even as pundits elsewhere proclaim the neoliberal death of the welfare state. These programs' successes at reducing poverty under conditions of mass unemployment, Ferguson argues, provide an opportunity for rethinking contemporary capitalism and for developing new forms of political mobilization. Interested in an emerging politics of distribution, Ferguson shows how new demands for direct income payments (including so-called basic income) require us to reexamine the relation between production and distribution, and to ask new questions about markets, livelihoods, labor, and the future of progressive politics.

In precarious and tumultuous times, schemes of social support, including cash transfers, are increasingly indispensable. Yet the inadequacy of the nation-state frame of membership that such schemes depend on is becoming evermore evident, as non-citizens form a growing proportion of the populations that welfare states attempt to govern. In Presence and Social Obligation, James Ferguson argues that conceptual resources for solving this problem are closer to hand than we might think. Drawing on a rich anthropology of sharing, he argues that the obligation to share never depends only on membership, but also on presence: on being here. Presence and Social Obligation strives to demonstrate that such obligatory sharing based on presence can be observed in the way that marginalized urban populations access state services, however unequally, across the global South. Examples show that such sharing with non-nationals is not some sort of utopian proposal but part of the everyday life of the modern service-delivering state. Presence and Social Obligation is a critical yet refreshing approach to an ever-growing way of being together.

Everyone is searching for it. Everyone wants it. WorkTopia Practical, humorous, and insightful, James pulls together his 30 years of work experience (starting after his last summer as a kid - see Chapter 1) and education to deliver something fresh and down-to-earth. This book is perfect for young adults, graduates, and anyone who wants to gain fresh perspective on work or advance their career. With all the influencers, bloggers, YouTube stars, and technological messiahs in our world...no one is talking about the rest of us...those who have to get up and go to work every day. If you are searching for purpose and direction in your life, WorkTopia will inspire you and help you find your path. If you want to be a leader, WorkTopia will help lay a solid foundation to build upon. If you want...ugh. Look - it's good. Just read it James Ferguson is a business and leadership professor, author, and works for a Fortune 500 company. His passion is making real world principles come alive for young adults and those who want to better themselves. With short, easy to read chapters, WorkTopia is a great resource for anyone. With chapter titles like My Corporate Ladder is Broken and Would You Like Healthcare With That?, it is written lightheartedly with young adults in mind, but equally accessible for older adults.

In The Confetti Culture Playbook, a book written by and for a hotel manager, James Ferguson, employee experience speaker and author, shows you how to boost your team's contribution and impact. He guides you through the process of building a strong company culture of valued employees who are engaged, enabled, and empowered to be at their best and deliver their best daily. He provides a measurable framework designed to improve your financial position by realigning your priorities and putting employees first. Please visit our website for additional resources to help you put employees first!

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The book Life of James Ferguson: In a Brief Autobiographical Account, and Further Extended Memoir (1867) is a biographical work about the life of James Ferguson. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part being a brief autobiographical account written by Ferguson himself, and the second part being a more detailed memoir written by someone else.The book covers Ferguson's life from his birth in 1710 in Scotland to his death in 1776 in London. It discusses his childhood, his early interest in astronomy, and his struggles to gain an education. It also covers his career as an astronomer, his inventions and discoveries, and his relationships with other scientists of his time.The book provides a fascinating insight into the life of a self-taught astronomer who made significant contributions to the field despite his lack of formal education. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of astronomy, the life of James Ferguson, or the challenges faced by self-taught scholars in the 18th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
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T131247

With a half-title.

London: printed for W. Strahan: and T. Cadell, 1778. 12], xliii, 1],272p., plates: port.; 8

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
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T018586

With an index.

London: printed for, and sold by the author, 1756. 8],267, 9]p., plates; 4

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
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T053433

First published as 'The young gentlemen and lady's philosophy'. With a half-title.

London: printed for T. Cadell, 1790. 8],247, 1]p., VIIplates; 8

The Dominican Republic is the land Columbus loved best runs the advertising slogan. In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the explorer's arrival on the island of Hispaniola, the government has spent a reported US$40 millions on building a bizarre commemorative lighthouse. In the process, it has bull-dozed the homes of thousands of slumdwellers to clear the memorial site. Beyond the Lighthouse looks at a country where extreme poverty exists alongside a booming tourist industry. Where workers from neighbouring Haiti are literally enslaved in an almost bankrupt sugar industry. Where political leaders date back to a dictatorship which ended more than 30 years ago. In its comprehensive analysis of the Dominican Republic's turbulent history and its current political crisis, Beyond the Lighthouse exposes the inequality and corruption which lubricate the country's economy. It explores the complex and tragic relations between Dominicans and Haitians and the ambiguous role played by the United States. The author also assesses the popular movement which is challenging a decaying political system and proposing a radical new form of democratic participation.

Die Astronomie nach Newtons Grundsätzen erklärt ist ein unveränderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1783. Hansebooks ist Herausgeber von Literatur zu unterschiedlichen Themengebieten wie Forschung und Wissenschaft, Reisen und Expeditionen, Kochen und Ernährung, Medizin und weiteren Genres. Der Schwerpunkt des Verlages liegt auf dem Erhalt historischer Literatur. Viele Werke historischer Schriftsteller und Wissenschaftler sind heute nur noch als Antiquitäten erhältlich. Hansebooks verlegt diese Bücher neu und trägt damit zum Erhalt selten gewordener Literatur und historischem Wissen auch für die Zukunft bei.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
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T018585

With an index.

London: printed for, and sold by the author, 1757. 8],283, 9]p., plates; 4

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T134283



London: printed for A. Millar, 1764. 8],354, 10]p., XVII plates; 4

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T002065

With an errata slip inserted.

London: printed for the author, 1746. 42p., plate; 8

Records Of The Third, The Buchan, Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders is a historical book written by James Ferguson and published in 1894. The book is a detailed account of the activities and achievements of the Third, The Buchan, Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders, a Scottish infantry regiment that was formed in 1860. The book provides an in-depth history of the regiment, including its formation, training, and deployment during various conflicts in which it participated. It also includes biographical sketches of prominent members of the regiment, as well as a list of officers and men who served in the battalion.The author, James Ferguson, was a member of the regiment and served as its adjutant. As such, he was well-placed to provide a first-hand account of the battalion's activities and achievements. Overall, Records Of The Third, The Buchan, Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of Scottish military regiments, as well as for those interested in the social and cultural history of Scotland during the late 19th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Both on the continent and off, Africa is spoken of in terms of crisis: as a place of failure and seemingly insurmountable problems, as a moral challenge to the international community. What, though, is really at stake in discussions about Africa, its problems, and its place in the world? And what should be the response of those scholars who have sought to understand not the Africa portrayed in broad strokes in journalistic accounts and policy papers but rather specific places and social realities within Africa?

In Global Shadows the renowned anthropologist James Ferguson moves beyond the traditional anthropological focus on local communities to explore more general questions about Africa and its place in the contemporary world. Ferguson develops his argument through a series of provocative essays which open-as he shows they must-into interrogations of globalization, modernity, worldwide inequality, and social justice. He maintains that Africans in a variety of social and geographical locations increasingly seek to make claims of membership within a global community, claims that contest the marginalization that has so far been the principal fruit of globalization for Africa. Ferguson contends that such claims demand new understandings of the global, centered less on transnational flows and images of unfettered connection than on the social relations that selectively constitute global society and on the rights and obligations that characterize it.

Ferguson points out that anthropologists and others who have refused the category of Africa as empirically problematic have, in their devotion to particularity, allowed themselves to remain bystanders in the broader conversations about Africa. In Global Shadows, he urges fellow scholars into the arena, encouraging them to find a way to speak beyond the academy about Africa's position within an egregiously imbalanced world order.

In Give a Man a Fish James Ferguson examines the rise of social welfare programs in southern Africa, in which states make cash payments to their low income citizens. More than thirty percent of South Africa's population receive such payments, even as pundits elsewhere proclaim the neoliberal death of the welfare state. These programs' successes at reducing poverty under conditions of mass unemployment, Ferguson argues, provide an opportunity for rethinking contemporary capitalism and for developing new forms of political mobilization. Interested in an emerging politics of distribution, Ferguson shows how new demands for direct income payments (including so-called basic income) require us to reexamine the relation between production and distribution, and to ask new questions about markets, livelihoods, labor, and the future of progressive politics.

James Ferguson's comprehensive overview of William Faulkner's short fiction is a systematic study of this body of work, which Faulkner produced over a period of forty years. Based on his reading of the manuscripts and typescripts of the stories, Ferguson examines Faulkner's struggle to master the special problems posed by the genre. While Ferguson offers a variety of new perspectives on the short fiction, he emphasizes solipsism as a key theme.

The book is organized topically. A chronological survey of Faulkner's career as a writer of short fiction is followed by chapters devoted to aspects of Faulkner's craft: thematic patterns, point of view, and other technical and formal matters. The concluding chapter deals with the relationship between Faulkner's stories and his books.

Ferguson offers a frank assessment of Faulkner's failures and successes as a writer of short fiction along with an exhaustive bibliography of the stories. He urges students and scholars to study Faulkner's contribution to this genre both as an extraordinary body of work in its own right and as a means of understanding more fully Faulkner's total achievement.

James L. Ferguson (1928-2021) held the endowed chair of the James A. and Sophronia R. McKee Professorship in English Literature at Hanover College until 1992.