{"product_id":"extrastatecraft-the-power-of-infrastructure-space-9781781685877","title":"Extrastatecraft: The Power of Infrastructure Space","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Keller Easterling\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Verso Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Verso Books\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Future Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtrastatecraft controls everyday life in the city: it's the key to power - and resistance - in the twenty-first century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Infrastructure is not only the underground pipes and cables controlling our cities. It also determines the hidden rules that structure the spaces all around us - free trade zones, smart cities, suburbs, and shopping malls. \u003ci\u003eExtrastatecraft \u003c\/i\u003echarts the emergent new powers controlling this space and shows how they extend beyond the reach of government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Keller Easterling explores areas of infrastructure with the greatest impact on our world - examining everything from standards for the thinness of credit cards to the urbanism of mobile telephony, the world's largest shared platform, to the \"free zone,\" the most virulent new world city paradigm. In conclusion, she proposes some unexpected techniques for resisting power in the modern world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eExtrastatecraft \u003c\/i\u003ewill change the way we think about urban spaces - and how we live in them.","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45091308732567,"sku":"9781781685877","price":1523.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781781685877.webp?v=1769204172","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/extrastatecraft-the-power-of-infrastructure-space-9781781685877","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}