The Resource The deadly life of logistics : mapping violence in global trade, Deborah Cowen
The deadly life of logistics : mapping violence in global trade, Deborah Cowen
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- 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, blockades, and cities, she tracks contemporary efforts to keep goods circulating and brings to light the collective violence these efforts produce. She investigates how the old military art of logistics played a critical role in the making of the global economic order-not simply the globalization of production, but the invention of the supply chain and the reorganization of national economies into transnational systems. While reshaping the world of production and distribution, logistics is also actively reconfiguring global maps of security and citizenship, a phenomenon Cowen charts through the rise of supply chain security, with its challenge to long-standing notions of state sovereignty and border management. Though the object of corporate and governmental logistical efforts is commodity supply, The Deadly Life of Logistics demonstrates that they are deeply political-and, considered in the context of the long history of logistics, deeply indebted to the practice of war
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 290 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781452943183
- Label
- The deadly life of logistics : mapping violence in global trade
- Title
- The deadly life of logistics
- Title remainder
- mapping violence in global trade
- Statement of responsibility
- Deborah Cowen
- Subject
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- Cargo theft
- Cargo theft
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Fraktavtal -- säkerhetsaspekter
- Freight and freightage -- Security measures
- Freight and freightage -- Security measures
- Gewalt
- Handelsvägar -- säkerhetsaspekter
- International trade -- Political aspects
- International trade -- Political aspects
- Internationell handel -- politiska aspekter
- Logistik
- Logistik -- politiska aspekter
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries | Transportation
- Piracy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services
- Seeräuberei
- Sjöröveri
- TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation
- Trade routes -- Security measures
- Trade routes -- Security measures
- Transport
- Transport
- Transportation corridors -- Political aspects
- Transportväsen -- politiska aspekter
- Welthandel
- Piracy
- Business logistics -- Political aspects
- Language
- eng
- 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, blockades, and cities, she tracks contemporary efforts to keep goods circulating and brings to light the collective violence these efforts produce. She investigates how the old military art of logistics played a critical role in the making of the global economic order-not simply the globalization of production, but the invention of the supply chain and the reorganization of national economies into transnational systems. While reshaping the world of production and distribution, logistics is also actively reconfiguring global maps of security and citizenship, a phenomenon Cowen charts through the rise of supply chain security, with its challenge to long-standing notions of state sovereignty and border management. Though the object of corporate and governmental logistical efforts is commodity supply, The Deadly Life of Logistics demonstrates that they are deeply political-and, considered in the context of the long history of logistics, deeply indebted to the practice of war
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cowen, Deborah
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Business logistics
- Cargo theft
- Freight and freightage
- International trade
- Piracy
- Trade routes
- Transportation corridors
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- TRANSPORTATION
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Transport
- Cargo theft
- Freight and freightage
- International trade
- Piracy
- Trade routes
- Welthandel
- Logistik
- Gewalt
- Seeräuberei
- Transportväsen
- Logistik
- Handelsvägar
- Fraktavtal
- Sjöröveri
- Internationell handel
- Transport
- Label
- The deadly life of logistics : mapping violence in global trade, Deborah Cowen
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn887508120
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 290 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781452943183
- Lccn
- 2014002042
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 40024015896
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt7f0q53
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)887508120
- Label
- The deadly life of logistics : mapping violence in global trade, Deborah Cowen
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn887508120
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 290 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781452943183
- Lccn
- 2014002042
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 40024015896
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt7f0q53
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)887508120
Subject
- Cargo theft
- Cargo theft
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Fraktavtal -- säkerhetsaspekter
- Freight and freightage -- Security measures
- Freight and freightage -- Security measures
- Gewalt
- Handelsvägar -- säkerhetsaspekter
- International trade -- Political aspects
- International trade -- Political aspects
- Internationell handel -- politiska aspekter
- Logistik
- Logistik -- politiska aspekter
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries | Transportation
- Piracy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services
- Seeräuberei
- Sjöröveri
- TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation
- Trade routes -- Security measures
- Trade routes -- Security measures
- Transport
- Transport
- Transportation corridors -- Political aspects
- Transportväsen -- politiska aspekter
- Welthandel
- Piracy
- Business logistics -- Political aspects
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