Transportation and revolt, pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility, Jacob Shell
Type
Classification
1
Creator
1
Genre
1
Subject
12
Content
1
Author
1
Mapped to
1
Label
Transportation and revolt, pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility, Jacob Shell
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Transportation and revolt
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
907512441
Responsibility statement
Jacob Shell
Sub title
pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility
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
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
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1