The impact of electricity : development, desires and dilemmas /

How does everyday life change when electricity becomes available to a group of people for the first time? Why do some groups tend to embrace this icon of development while other groups actively fight against it? This book examines the effects of electricity's arrival in an African, rural commun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Winther, Tanja (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2008.
Temas:
Rural electrification > Social aspects > Tanzania.
Rural electrification > Economic aspects > Tanzania.
Sustainable development > Tanzania.
Power resources > Social aspects > Tanzania.
Power resources > Economic aspects > Tanzania.
Power resources > Environmental aspects > Tanzania.
Social structure > Tanzania.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > Electrical.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Power resources > Economic aspects
Power resources > Environmental aspects
Power resources > Social aspects
Rural electrification > Economic aspects
Rural electrification > Social aspects
Social structure
Sustainable development
Elektrifizierung
Ländlicher Raum
Sozialer Wandel
Elektrizitätsversorgung
Tanzania
Sansibar
Tansania
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:How does everyday life change when electricity becomes available to a group of people for the first time? Why do some groups tend to embrace this icon of development while other groups actively fight against it? This book examines the effects of electricity's arrival in an African, rural community. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Zanzibar at different points in time, the author provides a compelling account of the social implications in question. The rhythm of life changes and life is speeding up. Sexuality and marriage patterns are affected. And a range of social relations, e.g. between ge.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index.
ISBN:9780857450630
0857450638

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