Jonathan Silver

The Infrastructural South

Techno-Environments of the Third Wave of Urbanization

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"An in-depth look at the infrastructural landscape of Africa's 3rd wave urbanization, drawing on case studies from Africa and the US"--

Produktdetails

• Infrastructures
• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 229mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9780262546874
• ISBN-10: 0262546876
• Artikelnr.: 67404674

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Silver

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
1 Introduction: Into the Infra-Future 1
2 Urban Modernity and the African City 27
3 Infrastructural Security to Eco-Segregation 53
4 Between Survival and the Prefigurative 83
5 The Extended Time/Space of Infrastructure 109
6 Promises of Development, Experiences of Displacement 131
7 Infrastructural Catch-Up "Off the Map" 159
8 Digital Disruptions from "Above" and "Below" 183
9 Postcolonial Presents in the Metropole 213
10 Toward a Popular Infrastructure 239
Notes 267
References 271
Sources 307
Index 309