Transportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobi...
Transportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobi...
Transportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility / Jacob Shell.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]
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G 2015/3089
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Language
English
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Physical content
196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Mules 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 elem...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
[2015]
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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...
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Transportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility / Jacob Shell.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-186) and index.
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G 2015/3089
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74VK7l4Am7zd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7l4Am7zd
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ISBN
0262029332 hardcover alkaline paper
9780262029339 hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
388
MMS ID
991022987399702626
