“…For a critical discussion, see [21,68]. 11 A couple of pioneer studies stand out: in their comprehensive study on "Global Electrification", William J. Hausman, Peter Hertner and Mira Wilkins have traced the business activities of multinational electricity companies across the globe [77]; examining the distribution networks of Solingen cutlery, Angelika Epple has shown how stakeholders from the German "hinterland" were embedded in global systems of colonialism [76]; Casper Andersen, Joseph Morgan Hodge, Robert K. Home or David Sunderland, amongst others, have scrutinized the activities of experts and (urban) planners in Europe's African colonies, for example the British Crown Agents [69,78,79,81].…”