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

• Tác giả: Jacob Shell
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 9780262029339 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 388 Transportation Ground transportation
• Mô tả vật lý: 196 pages : , illustrations ; , 24 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Xã hội, Kinh tế, Luật
• ID: 275639
• Chủ đề: 1. Insurgency; 2. Pack animals (Transportation); 3. Smuggling--Prevention; 4. Subversive activities--Prevention; 5. Transportation--Social aspects; 6. Transportation and state--History

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

"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:
- Chapter s 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.