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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Walking, Space, and Boundaries
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Walking and Labour
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Social Identities and Social Practices
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Walking, Thinking, Looking
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“This collection has a truly global reach. .. no one could read this rich and resonant collection without learning something … .” (William Whyte, English Historical Review EHR, Vol. 132 (556), June, 2017)
“Striking into new territory, Walking Histories demonstrates walking's foundational participation in modernity. Eleven essays range through Britain, Europe and Asia, opening fresh perspectives on the richly-varied, potentially contradictory meanings of walking as conservative tradition and radical resistance, as return to nature and commercial opportunity, as sport and act of piety.” (Anne D. Wallace, UNC Greensboro, US)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Arthur Burns is Professor of Modern British History at King’s College London, UK. His books include Rethinking the Age of Reform: Britain 1780-1850 (2003), co-edited with Joanna Innes, and St Paul’s: The Cathedral Church of London 604-2004 (2004), co-edited with Derek Keene and Andrew Saint.
Paul Readman is Professor of Modern British History at King’s College London, UK. His publications include Land and Nation in England: Patriotism, National Identity and the Politics of Land 1880-1914 (2008), and as co-editor with Chad Bryant and Cynthia Radding, Borderlands in World History, 1700-1914 (2014).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Walking Histories, 1800-1914
Editors: Chad Bryant, Arthur Burns, Paul Readman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48498-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48497-0Published: 26 April 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48498-7Published: 16 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 332
Topics: Urban History, Cultural History, World History, Global and Transnational History, Social History