Mobile lives : self, excess and nature / Anthony Elliott and John Urry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliott, Anthony., author.

Contributor:

Urry, John.

Series:

International Library of Sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation--Social aspects.

Transportation.

Civilization, Modern.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How should we understand the personal and social impacts of complex mobility systems? Can lifestyles based around intensive travel, transport and tourism be maintained in the 21st century? What possibility post-carbon lifestyles?In this provocative study of ""life on the move"", Anthony Elliott and John Urry explore how complex mobility systems are transforming everyday, ordinary lives. The authors develop their arguments through an analysis of various sectors of mobile lives: networks, new digital technologies, consumerism, the lifestyles of 'globals', and intimate relati

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Mobile lives: A step too far?; 2 New technologies, new mobilities; 3 Networks and inequalities; 4 The globals and their mobilities; 5 Mobile relationships: Intimacy at-a-distance; 6 Consuming to excess; 7 Contested futures; Afterword; References and notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-01921-1

1-134-01922-X

1-282-64012-7

9786612640124

0-203-88704-2

9780203887042

OCLC:

642661640