Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages)
ISBN:
9783031126840
Series Statement:
Studies in mobilities, literature, and culture
Content:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Setting the Scene -- 1.2 The Significance of the Mundane -- 1.3 The Significance of Travel and Transport -- 1.4 Identifying Sources -- 1.5 The Aims and Organisation of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: The Value of Diary Writing -- 2.1 What Is a Diary? -- 2.2 What Can Diaries Contribute to Mobility Studies? -- 2.3 Selecting and Analysing the Diaries -- References -- Chapter 3: Mobility Change over Time -- 3.1 How Can Diaries Illuminate Mobility Change over Time? -- 3.2 The Impact of Technological Change -- 3.3 The Persistence of Older Technologies -- References -- Chapter 4: Location Matters -- 4.1 Introduction: Space, Place, and Mobility -- 4.2 Residential Change and Mobility Change -- 4.3 The Exceptionalism of London -- References -- Chapter 5: Mobility, Family, and the Life Course -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Dependent Mobilities -- 5.3 Mobility Whilst Caring -- 5.4 Independent Mobilities -- 5.5 Disrupted Mobilities -- References -- Chapter 6: Gendered Mobilities: The Female Experience -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Women Walking -- 6.3 Female Experiences of Public Transport -- 6.4 Travelling Privately -- References -- Chapter 7: Money Matters -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Constraints of Poverty -- 7.3 Those Who Just Managed -- 7.4 What Mobilities Does Money Buy? -- References -- Chapter 8: The Significance of Journey Purpose -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Routine and Required Journeys -- 8.3 Discretionary Travel -- References -- Chapter 9: Immobility -- 9.1 Introduction: Approaches to Immobility -- 9.2 Immobility Whilst Travelling -- 9.3 Immobility that Prevents Travel -- References -- Chapter 10: Conclusions -- 10.1 The End of a Journey -- References -- Appendix: The Diarists -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783031126833
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783031126833
Language:
English
