Mobility in History. the State of the Art in the History of Transport , Traffic and Mobility - Couverture souple

MOM GIJS PIRIE GO

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 294023552X ISBN 13 : 9782940235520

Editeur : ALPHIL, 2009

Synopsis

For decades scholars in diverse fields have examined problems in the history of mobility. Their diversity was their strength but also their limitation, as disciplinary boundaries impeded the exchange of ideas that lets scholarship flourish. Since 2003 the International Association for the History of Traffic, Transport and Mobility (T2M) has served as a free-trade zone, fostering a new interdisciplinary vitality in a now-flourishing field. Now, with the publication of its first yearbook, T2M has surveyed these gains in the form of a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of research in the field. Here, twenty-seven scholars in the history of mobility, from sixteen countries and five continents, present synopses of recent research. Besides reviews of research in thirteen countries, contributions also include thematic reviews relating mobility to the environment, automobile fetishism, race, gender, and other transnational themes. All in all, more than sixty scholars within and beyond T2M cooperated in this project, making it a truly collective work. Gijs Mom : is Programme Director for Mobility History within the Foundation for the History of Technology, at Eindhoven University of Technology, and he teaches at this university on subjects related to the history of technology, innovation and design. Gordon Pirie : teaches and researches transport and travel. He has published widely on aspects of past and present railway and air transport in southern Africa. Laurent Tissot (eds) : Enseigne l'histoire économique et sociale aux Universités de Neuchâtel et de Fribourg, il est notamment l'auteur de : Naissance d'une industrie touristique. Les Anglais et la Suisse au 19e siècle(Lausanne, Payot, 2000). Il travaille depuis plusieurs années sur l'histoire des loisirs, des transports et du tourisme.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: ALPHIL
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 294023552X
• ISBN 13: 9782940235520
• Reliure: Broché