African Motors Technology, Gender, and the History of Development

Author: Grace, Joshua
Published: Durham Duke University Press Duke University Press Books [Imprint] 2025
Physical Description: 1 online resource (433 p.)
Additional Creators: Grace, Joshua

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eng

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Summary

In 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.

Subject(s)

Africa
African history
East Africa
History and Archaeology
History
Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure
Place qualifiers
Road and motor vehicles: general interest
Sub-Saharan Africa
Transport: general interest

Other Subject(s)

African Studies Association Best Book Prize finalists
African Studies Association book awards
African technologies
auto repair
automobile technology
automobility
automotive culture
Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize Finalist
Dar es Salaam
history of development
infrastructure of expertise
Julius Nyerere
mechanics
mobility
neoliberalism
OPEC
repair garages
small tools
sustainability
Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation
Ujamaa
urban motoring
urban transport

ISBN

9781478010593
9781478011712
9781478094456

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OAPEN Library.

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