Description
Book SynopsisTells the story of the entanglement of politics and technology during Indonesia’s rapid post-World War II development. In this innovative volume, Anto Mohsin brings Indonesian studies together with science and technology studies to understand a crucial period in modern Indonesian history.
Trade ReviewA groundbreaking study of electrification as nation building in postcolonial Indonesia. Mohsin sheds light on how electrification became bound up with negotiations about the meanings of social justice and the hopes of postcolonial Indonesian society. This book is a welcome addition to the growing STS literature on Southeast Asia." - Suzanne Moon, author of
Technology in Southeast Asian HistoryTable of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Late Colonial and Early Postcolonial Electrification
- 2 The New Order’s Patrimonial Technopolitics
- 3 The Electric Bureaucracy
- 4 Java-Centrism and the Two Grid Systems
- 5 Social Knowledge of Rural Life and Energy Uses
- 6 Rural Electric Cooperatives
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
