Transportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility /

"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, ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shell, Jacob, 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2015]
Colección:Mobility studies.
Temas:
Transportation and state > History.
Transportation > Social aspects.
Subversive activities > Prevention.
Insurgency.
Smuggling > Prevention.
Pack animals (Transportation)
Transport > Politique gouvernementale > Histoire.
Transport > Aspect social.
Révoltes.
Bêtes de somme.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Insurgency
Smuggling > Prevention
Subversive activities > Prevention
Transportation and state
Transportation > Social aspects
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
URBANISM/Transportation
ENVIRONMENT/General
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780262330404
0262330407
0262330415
9780262330411

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