001479481 000__ 05079nam\a22008775i\4500 001479481 001__ 1479481 001479481 003__ DE-B1597 001479481 005__ 20231026035056.0 001479481 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479481 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479481 008__ 230918t20042004nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479481 020__ $$a9780814707531 001479481 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814707531.001.0001$$2doi 001479481 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547944 001479481 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479481 0410_ $$aeng 001479481 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001479481 050_4 $$aGV1071 .A63 2004 001479481 072_7 $$aHIS000000$$2bisacsh 001479481 08204 $$a796.51 001479481 1001_ $$aAmato, Joseph, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001479481 24510 $$aOn Foot :$$bA History of Walking /$$cJoseph Amato. 001479481 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2004] 001479481 264_4 $$c©2004 001479481 300__ $$a1 online resource 001479481 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479481 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479481 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479481 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479481 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tIntroduction -- $$t1. In the Beginning Was the Foot -- $$t2. Along the Road -- $$t3. Put Your Best Foot Forward -- $$t4. Mind over Foot -- $$t5. North American Walking -- $$t6. City Walking -- $$t7. A New Footing for the Nation -- $$t8. Getting in Step -- $$t9. Wheels and Cars -- $$tConclusion -- $$tNotes -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001479481 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479481 520__ $$a"I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understand the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks, who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering."- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)" Everything is within walking distance if you have the time."-Stephen Wright (1955-)For approximately six million years, humans have walked the earth. This is the story of how, why, and to what effect we put one foot in front of the other. Walking has been the primary mode of locomotion for humans until very recent times when we began to sit and ride-first on horses and in carriages, then trains and bicycles, and finally cars, trucks, buses, and airplanes-rather than go on foot. The particular way we saunter, clomp, meander, shuffle, plod along, jaunt, tramp, and wander on foot conveys a wealth of information about our identity, condition, and destination. In this fast-stepping social history, Joseph A. Amato takes us on a journey of walking-from the first human migrations to marching Roman legions and ancient Greeks who considered man a "featherless biped"; from trekking medieval pilgrims to strolling courtiers; from urban pavement pounders to ambling window shoppers to suburban mall walkers. Concentrating on walking in Europe and North America and with particular focus on how walking differed according to social class, Amato distinguishes how, where, when, who, what, and under which conditions people moved on foot. He identifies crucial transformations in the history of walking, including the adoption of the horse by the mounted warrior; the rise of public display among European nobility; and the building of roads and transportation systems, which led to the inevitable ascent of the wheel over the foot. 001479481 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001479481 546__ $$aIn English. 001479481 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023) 001479481 650_0 $$aWalking$$xHistory. 001479481 650_4 $$aHISTORY / General$$2sh. 001479481 653__ $$aactivities. 001479481 653__ $$abasic. 001479481 653__ $$afascinating. 001479481 653__ $$ahistory. 001479481 653__ $$ahuman. 001479481 653__ $$ajourney. 001479481 653__ $$amost. 001479481 653__ $$athrough. 001479481 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001479481 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tNew York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$z9783110706444 001479481 7760_ $$cprint$$z9780814705025 001479481 852__ $$bebk 001479481 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814707531$$zOnline Access 001479481 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1479481$$pGLOBAL_SET 001479481 912__ $$a978-3-11-070644-4 New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001479481 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001479481 912__ $$aEBA_CL_HICS 001479481 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001479481 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001479481 912__ $$aEBA_ECL_HICS 001479481 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001479481 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001479481 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001479481 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001479481 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001479481 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001479481 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001479481 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001479481 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001479481 980__ $$aBIB 001479481 980__ $$aEBOOK 001479481 982__ $$aEbook 001479481 983__ $$aOnline