ISBN:
9781501707513
,
9781501707520
Language:
English
Pages:
xxi, 232 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
23 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als A moral technology
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Elektrifizierung
;
Delhi
Abstract:
Introduction : the Electricity Acts -- The machinery of government -- Ritual center and divided city -- The life blood of the nation -- Broadcast mantras -- The life of property -- A model colony -- Conclusion : the art of a free society
Abstract:
"This book is about the cultural politics of electrification in India's capital city, and the role of technological infrastructures in shaping contemporary political imaginations in India--imaginations of the state, and also at a local level, of urban interdependence and solidarity. Drawing on both historical and ethnographic case-studies, this book examines colonial electrical installations in Delhi, nationalist legislation for nationwide electrification, and electricity privatization and neighborhood political organization in the early 2000s
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-222) and index
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