Transportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility / / Jacob Shell
| Transportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility / / Jacob Shell |
| Autore | Shell Jacob <1983-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388 |
| Collana | Mobility studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Transportation and state - History
Transportation - Social aspects Subversive activities - Prevention Insurgency Smuggling - Prevention Pack animals (Transportation) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-262-33040-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460583203321 |
Shell Jacob <1983->
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| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , 2015 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Transportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility / / Jacob Shell
| Transportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility / / Jacob Shell |
| Autore | Shell Jacob <1983-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388 |
| Collana | Mobility studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Transportation and state - History
Transportation - Social aspects Subversive activities - Prevention Insurgency Smuggling - Prevention Pack animals (Transportation) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
URBANISM/Transportation ENVIRONMENT/General |
| ISBN |
0-262-33041-5
0-262-33040-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798075103321 |
Shell Jacob <1983->
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| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2015] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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