{"product_id":"the-city-electric-9781478016502","title":"The City Electric","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Degani explores how electricity and its piracy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has become a key site for urban Tanzanians to enact, experience, and debate their social contract with the state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Ethnography of(f) the Grid  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Emergency Power: A Brief History of the Tanzanian Energy Sector  31\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Flickering Torch: Power and Loss after Socialism  71\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of Meters and Modals: Patrolling the Grid  109\u003cbr\u003e 4. Becoming Infrastructure: \u003ci\u003eVishoka\u003c\/i\u003e and Self-Realization  150\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. The Ingenuity of Infrastructure  187\u003cbr\u003e Notes  207\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited  223\u003cbr\u003e Index  247","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409002242391,"sku":"9781478016502","price":70.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478016502.jpg?v=1730505051","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-city-electric-9781478016502","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}