Electrifying India : regional political economies of development /

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Throughout the 20th century, electricity was considered to be the primary vehicle of modernity, as well as its quintessential symbol. In India, electrification was central to how early nationalists and planners conceptualized Indian development, and huge sums were spent on the project from then unti...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kale, Sunila S., 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Since 1947
Rural electrification > India > History.
Electric utilities > Government policy > India > History.
Rural development > Government policy > India > History.
Électrification rurale > Inde > Histoire.
Services publics d'électricité > Politique gouvernementale > Inde > Histoire.
Développement rural > Politique gouvernementale > Inde > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Economy.
Economic policy
Electric utilities > Government policy
Rural development > Government policy
Rural electrification
India > Economic policy > 1947-
Inde > Politique économique > 1947-
India
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Maps and Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Electricity as New India's "Strategic Railway"; 3. Maharashtra and the Politics of Selective Rural Development; 4. Extractive Industrialization and Limited Electrification in Odisha; 5. Social Movements and Electric Populism in Andhra Pradesh; 6. Conclusion: "Electricity for All
  • Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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