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The infrastructural South : techno-environments of the third wave of urbanization
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
- Summary
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"An in-depth look at the infrastructural landscape of Africa's 3rd wave urbanization, drawing on case studies from Africa and the US"--
Details
- Creator
- Jonathan Silver
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2023
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (291 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9780262376747, 0262376741, 9780262376730, 0262376733, 9780262546874
- OCLC
- on1358404936
- Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Into the Infra-Future -- 2. Urban Modernity and the African City -- 3. Infrastructural Security to Eco-Segregation -- 4. Between Survival and the Prefigurative -- 5. The Extended Time/Space of Infrastructure -- 6. Promises of Development, Experiences of Displacement -- 7. Infrastructural Catch-Up "Off the Map" -- 8. Digital Disruptions from "Above" and "Below" -- 9. Postcolonial Presents in the Metropole -- 10. Toward a Popular Infrastructure -- References -- Sources -- Index -- Series List