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Apartheid's leviathan : electricity and the power of technological ambivalence / Faeeza Ballim.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ballim, Faeeza, author.
Series:
New African histories series
New African histories
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Electric power production--Economic aspects--South Africa.
Electric power production.
Electric power production--Political aspects--South Africa.
Apartheid--Economic aspects--South Africa.
Apartheid.
South Africa--Economic conditions.
South Africa.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (181 pages)
Edition:
1st edition.
Other Title:
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Place of Publication:
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2023]
Summary:
Beginning in the 1960s, the security of electricity supply has shaped South Africa's economic growth and prosperity, and electricity shortages have negatively inflected the rise of its postapartheid democracy. Construction delays and escalating costs have thwarted the nation's mining, manufacturing, and power generation.
Contents:
Cover Page
New African Histories
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: The Unlikely Exploitation of the Waterberg
2: The Taming of the Waterberg
3: Eskom and the Turning of the Tide
4: Contested Neoliberalism
5: Labor and Belonging in Lephalale
6: The Medupi Power Station
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Title from online title page (viewed on September 30, 2024).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Print version: Ballim, Faeeza Apartheid's Leviathan
ISBN:
0-8214-4796-3
OCLC:
1376935182
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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