03620oam 2200745I 450 991079807510332120190503073427.00-262-33041-50-262-33040-7(CKB)3710000000459618(EBL)3433797(SSID)ssj0001532807(PQKBManifestationID)12631491(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001532807(PQKBWorkID)11477173(PQKB)11312415(StDuBDS)EDZ0001280900(MiAaPQ)EBC3433797(OCoLC)917889201(OCoLC)938434004(OCoLC)987456038(OCoLC)1055333759(OCoLC)1066463332(OCoLC)1081242688(OCoLC-P)917889201(MaCbMITP)9567(Au-PeEL)EBL3433797(CaPaEBR)ebr11088079(CaONFJC)MIL822583(OCoLC)917889201(EXLCZ)99371000000045961820150812d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTransportation and revolt pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility /Jacob ShellCambridge, Massachusetts :MIT Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (207 p.)Mobility studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-262-02933-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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 inner-city freight-carrying infrastructure"--Provided by publisher.Transportation and stateHistoryTransportationSocial aspectsSubversive activitiesPreventionInsurgencySmugglingPreventionPack animals (Transportation)SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/GeneralURBANISM/TransportationENVIRONMENT/GeneralTransportation and stateHistory.TransportationSocial aspects.Subversive activitiesPrevention.Insurgency.SmugglingPrevention.Pack animals (Transportation)388Shell Jacob1983-1534149OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910798075103321Transportation and revolt3781450UNINA