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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254770003321

Autore

Pooley Colin G

Titolo

Mobility, Migration and Transport [[electronic resource] ] : Historical Perspectives / / by Colin G. Pooley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-51883-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 138 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Migration History

Disciplina

909

Soggetti

World history

Historiography

Emigration and immigration

History, Modern

Social history

World History, Global and Transnational History

Historiography and Method

Migration

Modern History

Social History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Mobility and history: framing the argument -- Chapter 2: Migration and mobility through the lens of history -- Chapter 3: History through the lens of mobilities studies  -- Chapter 4: Mobility in history through the lens of transport -- Chapter 5: History and mobility through a microscope -- Chapter 6: Mobility and history - towards an integrated research and teaching agenda.

Sommario/riassunto

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 experiences and the opportunities and difficulties of applying this approach in teaching and research. Extensive case study material from around the world is used, including personal diaries, which vividly recreate the everyday experiences of past mobilities. Population movement has never been of more importance globally: this book demonstrates how knowledge of past mobility experiences can inform our understanding of the present.