Everyday mobilities in nineteenth- and twentieth-century British diaries / Colin G. Pooley, Marilyn E. Pooley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pooley, Colin G., author.

Pooley, Marilyn E., author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Hiram G. Haney Fund.

Series:

Studies in mobilities, literature, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Transportation.

Transportation--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Diaries--Authorship.

Diaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2022]

Contents:

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

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

Chapter 4: Location Matters

4.1 Introduction: Space, Place, and Mobility

4.2 Residential Change and Mobility Change

4.3 The Exceptionalism of London

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

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

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?

Chapter 8: The Significance of Journey Purpose

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Routine and Required Journeys

8.3 Discretionary Travel

Chapter 9: Immobility

9.1 Introduction: Approaches to Immobility

9.2 Immobility Whilst Travelling

9.3 Immobility that Prevents Travel

Chapter 10: Conclusions

10.1 The End of a Journey

Appendix: The Diarists

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 31, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hiram G. Haney Fund.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9783031126840

303112684X

Publisher Number:

99992173174

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.