Current Flow The Electrification of Palestine

Name: Current Flow The Electrification of Palestine
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ISBN: 9780804787062

ISBN-10: 0804787069

ISBN-13: 9780804787062

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ronen Shamir

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Whether buried underfoot or strung overhead, electrical lines are omnipresent. Not only are most societies dependent on electrical infrastructure, but this infrastructure actively shapes electrified society. From the wires, poles, and generators themselves to the entrepreneurs, engineers, politicians, and advisors who determine the process of electrification, our electrical grids can create power—and politics—just as they transmit it.Current Flow examines the history of electrification of British-ruled Palestine in the 1920s, as it marked, affirmed, and produced social, political, and economic difference between Arabs and Jews. Considering the interplay of British colonial interests, the…

Book details

List price: $89.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 10/1/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Figures


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Jaffa Powerhouse



Let the Poles Act



Wired



From State to Market



Assembling a Jewish Economy


Conclusion


Notes


References


Index