Everyday Mobilities In Nineteenth And Twentieth Century British Diaries
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Everyday Mobilities In Nineteenth And Twentieth Century British Diaries
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Author : Colin G. Pooley
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-10-19
Everyday Mobilities In Nineteenth And Twentieth Century British Diaries written by Colin G. Pooley and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book uses diaries written by ordinary British people over the past two centuries to examine and explain the nature and extent of everyday mobilities, such as travel to school, to work, to shop or to visit friends, and to explore the meanings attached to these mobilities. After a critical evaluation of diary writing, the ways in which mobility changed over time, interacted with new forms of transport technology, and varied from place to place are examined. Further chapters focus on the roles of family and life course, gender, income and class, and journey purpose in shaping mobilities, including immobility. It is argued that easy and frequent everyday mobilities were experienced by most of the diarists studied, that travellers could exercise their own agency to adapt easily to new forms of transport technology, but that factors such as gender, class, and location also created significant mobility inequalities.
The Diary Of Elizabeth Lee
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Author : Colin Pooley
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-15
The Diary Of Elizabeth Lee written by Colin Pooley and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-15 with History categories.
Personal diaries provide rare glimpses into those aspects of the past that are usually hidden from view. Elizabeth Lee grew up on Merseyside in the late nineteenth century. She began her diary at the age of 16 in 1884 and it provides an unbroken record of her life up to the age of 25 in 1892. Elizabeth’s father was a draper and outfitter with shops in Birkenhead, and throughout the period of the diary Elizabeth lived at home with her family in Prenton. However, she travelled widely on both sides of the Mersey and her diary provides an unusually revealing picture of middle-class life that begins to challenge conventional views of the position of young women in Victorian society. The book includes a detailed introduction to and analysis of the diary, together with a glossary relating to key people in the diary and maps of the localities in which Elizabeth lived her everyday life. There have been a number of diaries published relating to ‘ordinary’ people, but most accounts were written retrospectively as life histories by people who eventually gained some degree of fame or prominence in society. This very rare first-hand account provides a unique insight into adolescent life in Victorian Britain.
Mobility Migration And Transport
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Author : Colin G. Pooley
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-05-19
Mobility Migration And Transport written by Colin G. Pooley and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-19 with History categories.
This book provides an innovative perspective on migration, mobility and transport. Using concepts drawn from migration history, mobilities studies and transport history it makes the case for greater integration of these disciplines. The approach is historical, demonstrating how past processes of travel and population movement have evolved, examining the continuities and changes that have occurred, and arguing that many of the concepts used in mobilities studies today are equally relevant to the past. The three central chapters view past population movements through, respectively, the lenses of migration history, mobilities studies and transport. Two further chapters demonstrate the diversity of mobility experiences and the opportunities and difficulties of applying this approach in teaching and research. Extensive case study material from around the world is used, including personal diaries, which vividly recreate the everyday experiences of past mobilities. Population movement has never been of more importance globally: this book demonstrates how knowledge of past mobility experiences can inform our understanding of the present.
A Mobile Century
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Author : Colin G. Pooley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-02
A Mobile Century written by Colin G. Pooley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-02 with Law categories.
For most people in the developed world, the ability to travel freely on a daily basis is almost taken for granted. Although there is a large volume of literature on contemporary mobility and associated transport problems, there are no comprehensive studies of the ways in which these trends have changed over time. This book provides a detailed empirical analysis of mobility change in Britain over the twentieth century. Beginning with an explanatory theoretical overview, setting the UK case studies within an international context, the book then analyses changes in the journey to school, the journey to work, and travelling for pleasure. It also looks at the ways in which changes in mobility have interacted with changes in the family life cycle and assesses the impact of new transport technologies on everyday mobility. It concludes by examining the implications of past mobility change for contemporary transport policy.
Mobilities New Perspectives On Transport And Society
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Author : John Urry
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-22
Mobilities New Perspectives On Transport And Society written by John Urry and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-22 with Social Science categories.
Bringing together the leading authors currently working at the intersection of social science and transport science, this volume provides a companion to the well-established and extensive international Transport and Society series. Each chapter, and the volume as a whole, offers closer and richer consideration of the issues, practices and structures of multiple mobilities which shape the current world but which have typically been overlooked or minimised. What this approach seeks to do is not only draw attention to many new areas of research and investigation relating to mobile lives, but also to point to new theories and methods by which such lives have to be researched and examined. Such new theories and methods are relevant both to rethinking 'transport' studies as such but are also recasting 'societal' studies as 'transport' so that it comes out of the ghetto and enters mainstream social science.
Mobility Memory And The Lifecourse In Twentieth Century Literature And Culture
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Author : Lynne Pearce
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-08-09
Mobility Memory And The Lifecourse In Twentieth Century Literature And Culture written by Lynne Pearce and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-09 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book explores the formative role of mobilities in the production of our close relationships, proposing that the tracks—both literal and figurative— we lay down in the process play a crucial role in generating and sustaining intimacy. Working with diaries, journals and literary texts from the mid- to late-twentieth century, the book pursues this thesis through three phases of the lifecourse: courtship (broadly defined), the middle years of long-term relationships and bereavement. Building upon the author’s recent research on automobility, the text’s case studies reveal the crucial role played by many different types of transport—including walking—in defining our most enduring relationships. Conceptually, the book draws upon the writings of the philosopher, Henri Bergson, the anthropologist, Tim Ingold and the geographer, David Seamon, engaging with topical debates in cultural and emotional geography (especially work on landscape, memory and mourning), mobilities studies and critical love studies.
Promoting Walking And Cycling
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Author : Pooley, Colin G
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2013-08-21
Promoting Walking And Cycling written by Pooley, Colin G and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-21 with Business & Economics categories.
Why, despite the supposed desirability of cycling and walking, do so many people feel unable or unwilling to incorporate these modes of transport into their everyday journeys? This problem, one of the most pressing questions facing transport planners, has major implications for environmental policy, urban planning, and existing social and economic structures. Drawing on original research, the authors reveal the reasons behind our resistance and suggest evidence-based policy solutions that could significantly increase levels of walking and cycling. These informed perspectives will enlighten urban planners and policymakers, as well as students and scholars of transport and mobility issues.
A U Turn To The Future
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Author : Martin Emanuel
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2020-02-03
A U Turn To The Future written by Martin Emanuel and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-03 with History categories.
From local bike-sharing initiatives to overhauls of transport infrastructure, mobility is one of the most important areas in which modern cities are trying to realize a more sustainable future. Yet even as politicians and planners look ahead, there remain critical insights to be gleaned from the history of urban mobility and the unsustainable practices that still impact our everyday lives. United by their pursuit of a “usable past,” the studies in this interdisciplinary collection consider the ecological, social, and economic aspects of urban mobility, showing how historical inquiry can make both conceptual and practical contributions to the projects of sustainability and urban renewal.
Migration And Mobility In Britain Since The Eighteenth Century
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Author : Colin Pooley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-10-05
Migration And Mobility In Britain Since The Eighteenth Century written by Colin Pooley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-05 with History categories.
Poplulation migration is one of the demographic and social processes which have structured the British economy and society over the last 250 years. It affects individuals, families, communities, places, economic and social structures and governments. This book examines the pattern and process of migration in Britain over the last three centuries. Using late 1990s research and data, the authors have shed light on migrations patterns including internal migration and movement overseas, its impact on social and economic change, and highlights differences by gender, age, family, position, socio-economic status and other variables.
The Diary
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Author : Batsheva Ben-Amos
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-10
The Diary written by Batsheva Ben-Amos and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
The diary as a genre is found in all literate societies, and these autobiographical accounts are written by persons of all ranks and positions. The Diary offers an exploration of the form in its social, historical, and cultural-literary contexts with its own distinctive features, poetics, and rhetoric. The contributors to this volume examine theories and interpretations relating to writing and studying diaries; the formation of diary canons in the United Kingdom, France, United States, and Brazil; and the ways in which handwritten diaries are transformed through processes of publication and digitization. The authors also explore different diary formats, including the travel diary, the private diary, conflict diaries written during periods of crisis, and the diaries of the digital era, such as blogs. The Diary offers a comprehensive overview of the genre, synthesizing decades of interdisciplinary study to enrich our understanding of, research about, and engagement with the diary as literary form and historical documentation.