| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Mobility studies |
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Mobility studies.
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| 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 elements: six geographies of possibility -- Fly-boaters, filibusters, and canals -- Britain's missing ship canal era -- Railroads versus canals -- Canal people -- Ribbonists, Fenians, and waterways -- Dempingen -- Chenangoes: the replanning of freight flows in New York City -- Why doesn't New York City have a subway system for freight? -- The Chenangoes of throttled! -- Casual harbor work, shadow manufacturing, and comprehensive planning -- Transshipment of uranium -- Contrasting visions of transport labor |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
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URBANISM/Transportation |
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ENVIRONMENT/General |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Transportation and state -- History
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Transportation -- Social aspects.
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Subversive activities -- Prevention
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Insurgency.
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Smuggling -- Prevention
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Pack animals (Transportation)
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation.
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TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
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Insurgency
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Pack animals (Transportation)
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Smuggling -- Prevention
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Subversive activities -- Prevention
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Transportation and state
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Transportation -- Social aspects
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780262330404 |
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0262330407 |
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0262330415 |
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9780262330411 |
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