The deadly life of logistics mapping violence in global trade / Deborah Cowen.
| Author/creator | Cowen, Deborah |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2014] |
| Description | viii, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: the citizenship of stuff in the global social factory -- The revolution in logistics: "America's last dark continent" -- From national borders to global seams: the rise of supply chain security -- The labor of logistics: just-in-time jobs -- The geo-economics of piracy: the 'Somali pirate' and the remaking of international law -- Logistics cities: the "urban heart" of empire -- Conclusion: rough trade? Sex, death, and the queer 'nature' of circulation. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014002042 |
| ISBN | 9780816680870 (hc : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780816680887 (pb : alk. paper) |