The deadly life of logistics [electronic resource] : mapping the violence of global trade / Deborah Cowen.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2014] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9781452943183
- 1452943184
- 388/.044 23
- HE323 .C69 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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