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The act of living : street life, marginality, and development in urban Ethiopia / Marco Di Nunzio.

LIBRA HN789.A93 D56 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Di Nunzio, Marco, 1984- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Marginality, Social--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.
Marginality, Social.
Street life--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.
Street life.
Poor--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.
Poor.
Informal sector (Economics)--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.
Informal sector (Economics).
Ethnology.
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)--Social conditions.
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)--Economic conditions.
Ethnology--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.
Economic history.
Social conditions.
Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.
Physical Description:
xiv, 245 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Summary:
"Explores why economic growth does not result in empowerment in Ethiopia, and how marginality is narrated and experienced in a time of promise"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Migrants, gentlemen and thugs
A thug's life
Donkeys with ashes
Do not cross the red line
Keep on hustlin'
Life is a paradise
The time of the bumpkins
Embracing uncertainty.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Di Nunzio, Marco, 1984- author. Act of living
ISBN:
9781501735127
1501735128
9781501736261
1501736264
OCLC:
1055265166

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