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020			_a9781501707520
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100	1		_aColeman, Leo _942413
245	1	2	_aMoral technology _belectrification as political ritual in New Delhi
260			_aNew York _bCornell University Press _c2017
300			_axviii, 232 p. _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 210-222) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : 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.
520			_a"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"--
650		0	_aElectrification _xPolitical aspects _zIndia _zNew Delhi. _942414
650		0	_aElectric utilities _xPolitical aspects _zIndia _zNew Delhi. _942415
650		0	_aTechnology and state _zIndia _zNew Delhi. _942416
650		0	_aTechnology _xAnthropological aspects _zIndia _zNew Delhi. _942417
650		0	_aPolitical science _xAnthropological aspects _zIndia _zNew Delhi. _942418
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aColeman, Leo, author. _tMoral technology _dIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2017 _z9781501707919 _w(DLC) 2016046746
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