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050 4 _aHE193
_b.S54 2015
082 0 _a388
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100 1 _aShell, Jacob,
_d1983-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aTransportation and revolt :
_bpigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility /
_cJacob Shell.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bMIT Press,
_c2015.
300 _a1 online resource (207 pages) :
_billustrations, map.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aMobility studies
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aMules 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.
520 _a"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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aTransportation and state
_xHistory.
650 0 _aTransportation
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aSubversive activities
_xPrevention.
650 0 _aInsurgency.
650 0 _aSmuggling
_xPrevention.
650 0 _aPack animals (Transportation)
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aShell, Jacob.
_tTransportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility.
_dCambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2015
_kMobility studies
_z9780262029339
_w(DLC)18731763
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nird-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3433797
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