{"product_id":"high-voltage-hydroelectric-development-and-political-power-in-peru-hardcover-2","title":"High Voltage: Hydroelectric Development and Political Power in Peru - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGonzalo Romero Sommer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning in the early nineteenth century, Peru sought to advance its national progress through the development of infrastructure, especially through the economic and social potential of hydroelectricity. However, decades of modernization efforts by the Peruvian state failed to deliver national social integration or political stability. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHigh Voltage\u003c\/i\u003e Gonzalo Romero Sommer examines Peru's political history through its efforts at hydroelectrification as part of state formation in the central Andes, from the beginning of the twentieth century through the Cold War. Intellectuals, scientists, and statesmen advocated electricity-led development as a possibility for dismantling traditional social and geographic hierarchies, but they also wielded hydroelectric development as an opportunity for strengthening what may be fairly called \"colonial\" economic and political structures. By the end of the twentieth century, the electrical grid physically unified parts of the country and simultaneously highlighted critical divisions in Peru's fragmented society and political class. In this first comprehensive study of modern Peru's electrification process, Romero Sommer provides a new perspective on Peruvian state formation by examining how the central state engaged with rural communities through electrification, contributing to a larger global debate about electricity, power, and the political uses of infrastructure. \u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45776117072069,"sku":"9781496235121","price":116.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/6YYZ2Do4kV9781496235121_0489dd4e-7bc4-4c0e-84e5-218d559180bf.webp?v=1770543811","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/high-voltage-hydroelectric-development-and-political-power-in-peru-hardcover-2","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}