Walking histories, 1800-1914 / Chad Bryant, Arthur Burns, Paul Readman, editors.
Bryant, Chad Carl, editor.; Burns, Arthur, editor.; Readman, Paul, editor.
2016
GV199.5
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Title
Walking histories, 1800-1914 / Chad Bryant, Arthur Burns, Paul Readman, editors.
ISBN
9781137484987 (electronic book)
1137484985 (electronic book)
9781137484970
Published
London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Call Number
GV199.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.5/1/09034
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 9, 2016).
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Bryant, Chad Carl, editor.
Burns, Arthur, editor.
Readman, Paul, editor.
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Introduction: Modern Walks; Chad Bryant, Arthur Burns and Paul Readman
PART I: WALKING, SPACE, AND BOUNDARIES
1. Walking the Boundaries between Modernity and Tradition; Robert Gray
2. Strolling the Romantic City; Chad Bryant
3. Rites of Passage; Simon Sleight
PART II: THE OPTICS OF WALKING
4. Walking as Labour in Henry Mayhew's London; Elizabeth Coggin Womack
5. 'Efficiency on Foot'? The Well-Run Estate of Nineteenth-Century Britain; Julie Hipperson
PART III: WEEKEND WALKING, OR NOT
6. Accidents Will Happen; Arthur Burns
7. 'A Good Walk Spoiled?' Golfers and the Experience of Landscape during the Late Nineteenth Century; Clare V. J. Griffiths
8. Urban Space and Travel on the Jewish Sabbath in the Nineteenth Century; Barry Stiefel
PART IV: WALKING, CONTEMPLATION, AND THE SELF
9. The Saints Who Walk; Iqbal Sevea
10. Walking in Andrei Bely's Petersburg; Angeliki Sioli
11. Walking and Environmentalism in the Career of James Bryce; Paul Readman
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