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The deadly life of logistics : mapping violence in global trade / Deborah Cowen

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Cowen, Deborah
Published
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]
Physical Description
viii, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

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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.
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ISBN
9780816680870 (hc : alk. paper)
0816680876 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816680887 (pb : alk. paper)
0816680884 (pb : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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