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

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"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: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2015]
Series:Mobility studies
Subjects:
Transportation and state > History.
Transportation > Social aspects.
Subversive activities > Prevention.
Insurgency.
Smuggling > Prevention.
Pack animals (Transportation)
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
URBANISM/Transportation
ENVIRONMENT/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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 : illustrations.
ISBN:9780262330404
0262330407
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262029339.001.0001