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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shell, Jacob, 1983- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2015]
Description:	196 pages : illustrations ; 24cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Mobility studies Mobility studies.
Subject:	Transportation and state -- History. Transportation -- Social aspects. Subversive activities -- Prevention. Insurgency. Smuggling -- Prevention. Pack animals (Transportation) Insurgency. Pack animals (Transportation) Smuggling -- Prevention. Subversive activities -- Prevention. Transportation and state. Transportation -- Social aspects. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10358012

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ISBN:	9780262029339 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262029332 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Mules and Upland Banditry
2. 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
3. Fly-Boaters, Filibusters, and Canals
BritainÆs Missing Ship Canal Era
Railroads versus Canals
Canal People
Ribbonists, Fenians, and Waterways
Dempingen
4. Chenangoes: The Replanning of Freight Flows in New York City
Why DoesnÆt 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
Conclusion
Notes
Index