On the Move by Timothy Cresswell

On the Move by Timothy Cresswell

On the Move presents a rich history of one of the key concepts of modern life: mobility. Increasing mobility has been a constant throughout the modern era, evident in mass car ownership, plane travel, and the rise of the Internet. Typically, people have equated increasing mobility with increasing freedom. However, as Cresswell shows, while mobility has certainly increased in modern times, attempts to control and restrict mobility are just as characteristic of modernity. Through a series of fascinating historical episodes Cresswell shows how mobility and its regulation have been central to the experience of modernity.

"It is difficult to do justice to the empirical richness and theoretical innovation which characterize this excellent book in a short review" Shompa Lahiri,Cultural Geographies

"I would urge readers across the humanities and social sciences to read this study and benefit from it's many insights and wider theoretical applications" Shompa Lahiri, Cultural Geographies

Tim Cresswell is Professor of Geography at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. A noted scholar, Cresswell has published three respected books thus far (with Minnesota, Reaktion and Blackwell), and On the Move has already garnered a glowing review from John Urry of the University of Lancaster. Urry stated that it will become a standard book in the field.

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ISBN 13	9780415952569
ISBN 10	0415952565
Title	On the Move
Author	Timothy Cresswell
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2006-05-22
Number of pages	340
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