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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cowen, Deborah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation corridors--Political aspects.

Transportation corridors.

Business logistics--Political aspects.

Business logistics.

Trade routes--Security measures.

Trade routes.

Freight and freightage--Security measures.

Freight and freightage.

Cargo theft.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a world in which global trade is at risk, where warehouses and airports, shipping lanes and seaports try to guard against the likes of Al Qaeda and Somali pirates, and natural disaster can disrupt the flow of goods, even our "stuff" has a political life. The high stakes of logistics are not surprising, Deborah Cowen reveals, if we understand its genesis in war. In The Deadly Life of Logistics, Cowen traces the art and science of logistics over the last sixty years, from the battlefield to the boardroom and back again. Focusing on choke points such as national borders, zones of piracy, block

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Citizenship of Stuff in the Global Social Factory; 1 The Revolution in Logistics: "America's Last Dark Continent"; 2 From National Borders to Global Seams: The Rise of Supply Chain Security; 3 The Labor of Logistics: Just-in-Time Jobs; 4 The Geo-Economics of Piracy: The "Somali Pirate" and the Remaking of International Law; 5 Logistics Cities: The "Urban Heart" of Empire; Conclusion: Rough Trade? Sex, Death, and the Queer Nature of Circulation; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4529-4318-4

OCLC:

887508120