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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Main Author: Shell, Jacob, 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2015.
Series:Mobility studies
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Summary:"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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations, map.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780262330404 (e-book)