Easterling, Keller, 1959-
Extrastatecraft : the power of infrastructure space / Extra state craft. Power of infrastructure space. Keller Easterling ; cover designer Michael Oswell. - 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Includes index (pages 243-252).
Introduction. 1. Zone. 2. Disposition. 3. Broadband. 4. Stories. 5. Quality. 6. Extrastatecraft.
“An extraordinary guidebook to the politics of infrastructure in the contemporary world.” —Stephen Graham, author of Cities Under Siege
Extrastatecraft is the operating system of the modern world: the skyline of Dubai, the subterranean pipes and cables sustaining urban life, free-trade zones, the standardized dimensions of credit cards, and hyper-consumerist shopping malls. It is all this and more. Infrastructure sets the invisible rules that govern the spaces of our everyday lives, making the city the key site of power and resistance in the twenty-first century.
Keller Easterling reveals the nexus of emerging governmental and corporate forces buried within the concrete and fiber-optics of our modern habitat. Extrastatecraft will change how we think about cities—and, perhaps, how we live in them.--backover. https://www.versobooks.com/books/2163-extrastatecraft
9781784783648 9781781687802 9781781685884
Space (Architecture)--Social aspects
Infrastructure (Economics)
Power (Social sciences)
NA2765 / .E23 2016
Extrastatecraft : the power of infrastructure space / Extra state craft. Power of infrastructure space. Keller Easterling ; cover designer Michael Oswell. - 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Includes index (pages 243-252).
Introduction. 1. Zone. 2. Disposition. 3. Broadband. 4. Stories. 5. Quality. 6. Extrastatecraft.
“An extraordinary guidebook to the politics of infrastructure in the contemporary world.” —Stephen Graham, author of Cities Under Siege
Extrastatecraft is the operating system of the modern world: the skyline of Dubai, the subterranean pipes and cables sustaining urban life, free-trade zones, the standardized dimensions of credit cards, and hyper-consumerist shopping malls. It is all this and more. Infrastructure sets the invisible rules that govern the spaces of our everyday lives, making the city the key site of power and resistance in the twenty-first century.
Keller Easterling reveals the nexus of emerging governmental and corporate forces buried within the concrete and fiber-optics of our modern habitat. Extrastatecraft will change how we think about cities—and, perhaps, how we live in them.--backover. https://www.versobooks.com/books/2163-extrastatecraft
9781784783648 9781781687802 9781781685884
Space (Architecture)--Social aspects
Infrastructure (Economics)
Power (Social sciences)
NA2765 / .E23 2016