Cowen deborah (95 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: New. 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.…

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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: new.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 328 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: New. pp. 328.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Condizione: New. Num Pages: 328 pages, 44 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JKVM; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350. . 2014. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

Condizione: New. In English.

Condizione: New. pp. 328.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. Num Pages: 328 pages, 44 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JKVM; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350. . 2014. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 192 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. War, Citizenship, Territory. Book.

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