Everyday Mobilities in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century British Diaries

by Colin G. Pooley

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031126831
• ISBN13: 9783031126833
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"