A Moral Technology : Electrification as Political Ritual in New Delhi /

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"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. Drawin...

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Main Author: Coleman, Leo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Technology > Anthropological aspects.
Technology and state.
Political science > Anthropological aspects.
Electric utilities > Political aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Politique scientifique et technique > Inde > New Delhi.
Services publics d'electricite > Aspect politique > Inde > New Delhi.
Électrification > Aspect politique > Inde > New Delhi.
Political science > Anthropological aspects > India > New Delhi.
Technology > Anthropological aspects > India > New Delhi.
Technology and state > India > New Delhi.
Electric utilities > Political aspects > India > New Delhi.
Electrification > Political aspects > India > New Delhi.
India > New Delhi.
Electronic books.
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781501707926

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