LEADER 03181nam 2200637 450 001 9910786894903321 005 20230803204208.0 010 $a1-4529-4318-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000217865 035 $a(EBL)1765501 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001288593 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11700972 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288593 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11293808 035 $a(PQKB)10060961 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1765501 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1765501 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10907619 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL636362 035 $a(OCoLC)887508120 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000217865 100 $a20140826h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe deadly life of logistics $emapping the violence of global trade /$fDeborah Cowen 210 1$aMinneapolis, Minnesota :$cUniversity of Minnesota Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (300 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-8088-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Citizenship of Stuff in the Global Social Factory; 1 The Revolution in Logistics: "America's Last Dark Continent"; 2 From National Borders to Global Seams: The Rise of Supply Chain Security; 3 The Labor of Logistics: Just-in-Time Jobs; 4 The Geo-Economics of Piracy: The "Somali Pirate" and the Remaking of International Law; 5 Logistics Cities: The "Urban Heart" of Empire; Conclusion: Rough Trade? Sex, Death, and the Queer Nature of Circulation; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S 327 $aTU; V; W 330 $aIn a world in which global trade is at risk, where warehouses and airports, shipping lanes and seaports try to guard against the likes of Al Qaeda and Somali pirates, and natural disaster can disrupt the flow of goods, even our "stuff" has a political life. The high stakes of logistics are not surprising, Deborah Cowen reveals, if we understand its genesis in war. In The Deadly Life of Logistics, Cowen traces the art and science of logistics over the last sixty years, from the battlefield to the boardroom and back again. Focusing on choke points such as national borders, zones of piracy, block 606 $aTransportation corridors$xPolitical aspects 606 $aBusiness logistics$xPolitical aspects 606 $aTrade routes$xSecurity measures 606 $aFreight and freightage$xSecurity measures 606 $aCargo theft 615 0$aTransportation corridors$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aBusiness logistics$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aTrade routes$xSecurity measures. 615 0$aFreight and freightage$xSecurity measures. 615 0$aCargo theft. 676 $a388/.044 700 $aCowen$b Deborah$01567946 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786894903321 996 $aThe deadly life of logistics$93839743 997 $aUNINA