The deadly life of logistics : mapping violence in global trade / Deborah Cowen.
Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]Description: viii, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780816680870 (hc : alk. paper)
- 388/.044 23
- HE323 .C69 2014
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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.