Extrastatecraft

Easterling, Keller

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Author
Easterling, Keller
Publish Date
20160816
Subtitle
The Power of Infrastructure Space
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
256
Publisher Name
70
ISBN-10
1784783641
ISBN-13
9781784783648
citemno
217018
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9781784783648

Description

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.