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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Huvudupphov: Shell, Jacob, 1983- (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Utgiven: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2015.
Serie:Mobility studies
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Sammanfattning:"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.
Fysisk beskrivning:1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations, map.
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780262330404 (e-book)