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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Mobility studies
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| Online Access: | Click to View |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262330404 |