{"product_id":"viapolitics-9781478014287","title":"Viapolitics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors to Viapolitics center the vehicle, its infrastructures, and the environments it navigates in the study of migration and borders across a range of sites, from ships crossing the Pacific and deportation train cars in the United States to treacherous Alpine mountain passes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Routes are far from neutral elements for migrants. \u003ci\u003eViapolitics\u003c\/i\u003e unpacks the material and logistical constitution of routes, shedding light on the struggles and clashes that can make migrant travels lethal or safe. This pioneering book takes readers on a fascinating journey through history and geography, challenging and transforming the temporal and spatial coordinates of border and migration studies. A major contribution on one of the most pressing issues of our time.” -- Sandro Mezzadra, coauthor of * Border as Method, or, the Multiplication of Labor *\u003cbr\u003e“Featuring a gold mine of conceptual work and detailed contexts and examples, this thrilling collection is going to be absolutely central to our thinking about movement and politics. \u003ci\u003eViapolitics\u003c\/i\u003e makes a major intervention into debates around migration, mobility, and politics in the fields of geography, sociology, cultural studies, and beyond. A landmark volume.” -- Peter Adey, author of * Mobility *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  vii\u003cbr\u003e Viapolitics: An Introduction \/ William Walters, Charles Heller, and Lorenzo Pezzani  1\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Vehicles of Migration\u003cbr\u003e 1. Capillary Power, Rail Vessels, and the Carceral Viapolitics of Early Twentieth-Century American Deportation \/ Ethan Blue  35\u003cbr\u003e 2. From Migrants to Revolutionaries: The \u003ci\u003eKomagata Maru\u003c\/i\u003e’s 1914 “Middle Passage” \/ Renisa Mawani  58\u003cbr\u003e 3. Stowing Away via the Cargo Ship: Tracing Governance, Rival Knowledges, and Violence en Route \/ Amaha Senu  84\u003cbr\u003e 4. Boxed In: “Human Cargo” and the Technics of Comfort \/ Julie Y. Chu  105\u003cbr\u003e Part II: Trajectories, Routes, and Infrastructures\u003cbr\u003e 5. Infrastructures of Escort: Transnational Migration, Viapolitics, and Cultures of Connection in Indonesia \/ Johan Lindquist  131\u003cbr\u003e 6. Routes Thinking \/ Maribel Casas-Cortes and Sebastian Cobarrubias  153\u003cbr\u003e 7. Historicizing the Balkan Route: Governing Migration through Mobility \/ Sabine Hess and Bernd Kasparek  183\u003cbr\u003e Part III: The Geophysics of Migration\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Other Boats: The Shifting Operations of State and Nonstate Vessels at the EU's Maritime Frontier \/ Charles Heller and Lorenzo Pezzani  211\u003cbr\u003e 9. When the “Via” Is Fragmented and Disrupted: Migrants’ Walking along the Alpine Route \/ Glenda Garelli and Martina Tazzioli  235\u003cbr\u003e 10. Deportation and Airports \/ Clara Lecadet and William Walters  258\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: For the Migrant, the Way Is the Life \/ Ranabir Samaddar  281\u003cbr\u003e Contributors  295\u003cbr\u003e Index  301\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408995557719,"sku":"9781478014287","price":20.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478014287.jpg?v=1730505016","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/viapolitics-9781478014287","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}