Walking Histories 1800-1914

TY - BOOK

T1 - Walking Histories 1800-1914

A2 - Burns, Arthur

A2 - Readman, Paul

A2 - Bryant, Chad

N1 - Chinese language edition ISBN 9787552028096 (2020

PY - 2016/5/18

Y1 - 2016/5/18

N2 - Few historians have written about walking, despite its obvious centrality to the human condition. Focusing on the period 1800-1914, this book examines the practices and meanings of walking in the context of transformative modernity. It boldly suggests that once historians place walking at the heart of their analyses, exciting new perspectives on themes central to the ‘long nineteenth century’ emerge. Walking Histories, 1800-1914 adopts a global perspective, including contributions from specialists in the history and culture of Great Britain, North America, Australia, Russia, East-Central Europe, and South Asia. Critically engaging with recent research, the contributions within offer fresh insights for academic experts, while remaining accessible to student readers. This book will be essential reading for those interested in movement, travel, leisure, urban history, and environmental history.

AB - Few historians have written about walking, despite its obvious centrality to the human condition. Focusing on the period 1800-1914, this book examines the practices and meanings of walking in the context of transformative modernity. It boldly suggests that once historians place walking at the heart of their analyses, exciting new perspectives on themes central to the ‘long nineteenth century’ emerge. Walking Histories, 1800-1914 adopts a global perspective, including contributions from specialists in the history and culture of Great Britain, North America, Australia, Russia, East-Central Europe, and South Asia. Critically engaging with recent research, the contributions within offer fresh insights for academic experts, while remaining accessible to student readers. This book will be essential reading for those interested in movement, travel, leisure, urban history, and environmental history.

KW - Walking

KW - History

KW - Nineteenth century

KW - pedestrianism

KW - Romanticism

KW - labour

KW - leisure

KW - SELF

KW - urban history

KW - social history

KW - transnational history

KW - Cultural History

UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84978349904&origin=inward&txGid=0

UR - http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/1989

UR - http://wunc.org/post/step-step-how-walking-has-changed-over-time

UR - https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cex086

U2 - 10.1057/978-1-137-48498-7

DO - 10.1057/978-1-137-48498-7

M3 - Book

SN - 9781137484970

SN - 9781349694914

BT - Walking Histories 1800-1914

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke

ER -