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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| Collection: | MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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: | illustrations |
| ISBN: | 0262330407 9780262330404 |