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, camels...

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Auteur principal: Shell, Jacob, 1983- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:anglais
Publié: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2015.
Collection:Mobility studies
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Accès en ligne:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Résumé:"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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations, map.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780262330404 (e-book)