Walking histories, 1800-1914. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chad Bryant, Arthur Burns, Paul Readman, editors.
• Editors: Bryant, Chad Carl; Burns, Arthur; Readman, Paul
• Contents: 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 -- .
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 796.5/1/09034; History; Walking -- History; GAMES / Gambling / Sports; SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects; SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays; SPORTS & RECREATION / History; SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference; TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports; Walking; History -- Social History; History -- World; Social & cultural history; General & world history; World history; Social history; History -- General; History: specific events & topics; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137484987; 1137484985; 1137484977; 9781137484970
• Related ISBNs: 9781137484970
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 9, 2016).
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