Straeten, Jonas van der (2023)
Transmitting Development: Global Networks and Local Grids in the Electrification of East Africa, 1906-1970.
Technische Universität Darmstadt
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00024346
Dissertation, Erstveröffentlichung, Verlagsversion
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Transmitting Development provides a comprehensive archive-based historical account of the electrification of East Africa, covering British colonial Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika until political independence, and Tanzania until the present day. Departing from the national histories of electricity prevalent in the history of technology, it focuses on the global interconnections and interdependencies in electrification processes. The author argues that electrification in East Africa was shaped by concepts and interests from outside the continent, most notably by ideas of development and the strive for profit. Until today, the agents of transfer of these ideas represent a relatively small subset of international consultants, private investors, and government officials who control and manage many of the most sensitive aspects of infrastructural development.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Dissertation | ||||
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| Erschienen: | 2023 | ||||
| Autor(en): | Straeten, Jonas van der | ||||
| Art des Eintrags: | Erstveröffentlichung | ||||
| Titel: | Transmitting Development: Global Networks and Local Grids in the Electrification of East Africa, 1906-1970 | ||||
| Sprache: | Englisch | ||||
| Referenten: | Hård, Prof. Dr. Mikael ; Schott, Prof. Dr. Dieter | ||||
| Publikationsjahr: | 2023 | ||||
| Ort: | Darmstadt | ||||
| Kollation: | 6, viii, 316 Seiten | ||||
| Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: | 19 September 2017 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.26083/tuprints-00024346 | ||||
| URL / URN: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/24346 | ||||
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Transmitting Development provides a comprehensive archive-based historical account of the electrification of East Africa, covering British colonial Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika until political independence, and Tanzania until the present day. Departing from the national histories of electricity prevalent in the history of technology, it focuses on the global interconnections and interdependencies in electrification processes. The author argues that electrification in East Africa was shaped by concepts and interests from outside the continent, most notably by ideas of development and the strive for profit. Until today, the agents of transfer of these ideas represent a relatively small subset of international consultants, private investors, and government officials who control and manage many of the most sensitive aspects of infrastructural development. |
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| Status: | Verlagsversion | ||||
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-243465 | ||||
| Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 600 Technik 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 621.3 Elektrotechnik, Elektronik 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 900 Geschichte 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 960 Geschichte Afrikas |
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| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Geschichte 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Geschichte > Technikgeschichte |
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| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 07 Aug 2023 08:34 | ||||
| Letzte Änderung: | 08 Aug 2023 10:27 | ||||
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| Referenten: | Hård, Prof. Dr. Mikael ; Schott, Prof. Dr. Dieter | ||||
| Datum der mündlichen Prüfung / Verteidigung / mdl. Prüfung: | 19 September 2017 | ||||
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