Walking Histories, 1800-1914
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…
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Weitere Autoren: Readman, Paul (Hrsg.) / Bryant, Chad (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-137-48498-7
- EAN: 9781137484987
- Produktnummer: 19838352
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 5'617 KB
Über den Autor
Chad Bryant is Associate Professor in Central and Eastern European History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. He is author of Prague in Black: Czech Nationalism and Nazi Rule (2007) and is co-editor, with Cynthia Radding and Paul Readman, of Borderlands in World History, 1700-1914 (2014).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).
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