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Government of Paper: The Materiality of Bureaucracy in Urban Pakistan Matthew S. Hull
Government of Paper: The Materiality of Bureaucracy in Urban Pakistan
Matthew S. Hull
In the planned city of Islamabad, order and disorder are produced through the ceaseless inscription and circulation of millions of paper artifacts among bureaucrats, politicians, and property owners. What are the implications of such paper mediation of relationships among people, things, places, and purposes? This book explores this question.
320 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations, 1 map, 1 table
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 5, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520272156 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 154 × 229 × 19 mm · 452 g |
| Language | English |