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

by Jacob Shell

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

During World War I, German soldiers shot down carrier pigeons for fear the birds were carrying enemy communiqu s; in Mexico, the United States, and other countries, mules were used for smuggling and secret travel in mountainous areas; in the British Empire in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262029332
• ISBN13: 9780262029339
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher