Powering Colonialism
Electrification, Extraction, and Empire in Aotearoa New Zealand
Powering Colonialism explores the history of electrification and its relationship to colonialism in Aotearoa New Zealand. In the 1880s, the Phoenix Mine in Otago installed a hydroelectric system to power its mining equipment, making gold mining one of the first industries in the colony to harness the potential of electric ...
