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Mobility, Migration and Transport: Historical Perspectives (Palgrave Pivots on Migration History)
Colin G. Pooley
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Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Pivots on Migration History. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBL; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book provides an innovative perspective on migration, mobility and transport. Using concepts drawn from migration history, mobilities studies and transport history it makes the case for greater integration of these disciplines. The approach is historical, demonstrating how past processes of travel and population movement have evolved, examining the continuities and changes that have occurred, and arguing that many of the concepts used in mobilities studies today are equally relevant to the past. The three central chapters view past population movements through, respectively, the lenses of migration history, mobilities studies and transport. Two further chapters demonstrate the diversity of mobility ... Read more
This book provides an innovative perspective on migration, mobility and transport. Using concepts drawn from migration history, mobilities studies and transport history it makes the case for greater integration of these disciplines. The approach is historical, demonstrating how past processes of travel and population movement have evolved, examining the continuities and changes that have occurred, and arguing that many of the concepts used in mobilities studies today are equally relevant to the past. The three central chapters view past population movements through, respectively, the lenses of migration history, mobilities studies and transport. Two further chapters demonstrate the diversity of mobility ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Pivots on Migration History
Number of Pages
138
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319518824
SKU
V9783319518824
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99-15
About Colin G. Pooley
Colin G Pooley is Emeritus Professor of Social and Historical Geography in The Lancaster Environment Centre and the Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe), Lancaster University, UK.
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