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Transportation and Revolt : Pigeons, Mules, Canals, and the Vanishing Geographies of Subversive Mobility.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The MIT Press SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (207 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262330404
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transportation and RevoltLOC classification:
  • HE193 -- .S54 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Mules and Upland Banditry -- 2 Transportation across Intermediate States of Matter -- 3 Fly-Boaters, Filibusters, and Canals -- 4 Chenangoes: The Replanning of Freight Flows in New York City -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: How political regimes have responded when certain modes of transportation--from carrier pigeons to canal boats--have been associated with politically subversive activities.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Mules and Upland Banditry -- 2 Transportation across Intermediate States of Matter -- 3 Fly-Boaters, Filibusters, and Canals -- 4 Chenangoes: The Replanning of Freight Flows in New York City -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

How political regimes have responded when certain modes of transportation--from carrier pigeons to canal boats--have been associated with politically subversive activities.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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