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African Motors

Technology, Gender, and the History of Development

dc.contributor.authorGrace, Joshua
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-22T11:29:24Z
dc.date.available2025-11-22T11:29:24Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.submitted2025-01-07T15:31:19Z
dc.identifierhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96926
dc.identifier.urihttps://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/203642
dc.description.abstractIn African Motors, Joshua Grace examines how everyday Tanzanian drivers, mechanics, and passengers reconstituted the automobile into a uniquely African form between the late 1800s to the early 2000s.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa::1HF Sub-Saharan Africa::1HFG East Africa
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WG Transport: general interest::WGC Road and motor vehicles: general interest
dc.subject.otherDar es Salaam; auto repair; mechanics; automotive culture; urban transport; African technologies; repair garages; automobility; automobile technology; Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize Finalist; African Studies Association Best Book Prize finalists; African Studies Association book awards; history of development; mobility; infrastructure of expertise; urban motoring; Ujamaa; small tools; Julius Nyerere; OPEC; Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation; neoliberalism; sustainability
dc.titleAfrican Motors
dc.title.alternativeTechnology, Gender, and the History of Development
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1215/9781478021278
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy8b9381d6-252e-4bed-8478-ee620c861aac
oapen.relation.isbn9781478011712
oapen.relation.isbn9781478010593
oapen.imprintDuke University Press Books
oapen.pages433
oapen.place.publicationDurham


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