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Shell Jacob <1983-> |
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Transportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility / / Jacob Shell |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (207 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Transportation and state - History |
Transportation - Social aspects |
Subversive activities - Prevention |
Insurgency |
Smuggling - Prevention |
Pack animals (Transportation) |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Mules and upland banditry -- Transportation across intermediate states of matter -- Elephants, shat khats, and seas of mud -- Camels and granules -- The Asian elephant in Africa: paths not taken -- Many-headed monsters and guerrilla sled dogs -- Pidgin coalitions -- Unmappable mobility and the elements: six geographies of possibility -- Fly-boaters, filibusters, and canals -- Britain's missing ship canal era -- Railroads versus canals -- Canal people -- Ribbonists, Fenians, and waterways -- Dempingen -- Chenangoes: the replanning of freight flows in New York City -- Why doesn't New York City have a subway system for freight? -- The Chenangoes of throttled! -- Casual harbor work, shadow manufacturing, and comprehensive planning -- Transshipment of uranium -- Contrasting visions of transport labor. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Modes of transportation understood, by political regimes in different times and places, as intrinsically useful for clandestine movement, subversive mobility, and smuggling for revolt. Contents: Chapters look at canal transportation, several types of animal transportation (mules, elephants, camels and sled-dogs are all treated at some length), and |
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inner-city freight-carrying infrastructure"--Provided by publisher. |
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