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

"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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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, Massachusetts : : MIT Press,, 2015.
Publicatiejaar:2015
Taal:English
Reeks:Mobility studies
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Fysieke beschrijving:1 online resource (207 pages) :; illustrations, map.
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Samenvatting:"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.
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780262029339 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Jacob Shell.