Time, Innovation and Mobilities - Travels in Technological Cultures

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Peter Frank Peters (1960) is assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts & Culture of the University of Maastricht. He has published on time, mobility and travel in technological cultures. His research is concerned with the debates on public problems related to mobility and the assessment of innovations that are suggested to solve these problems. Klappentext By analyzing historic and contextualized transit practices and case studies of travel in technological cultures, car travel, air travel, and cycling in Dutch towns, this book argues that travel cannot simply be reduced to getting from A to B. Zusammenfassung By analyzing historic and contextualized transit practices and case studies of travel in technological cultures, car travel, air travel, and cycling in Dutch towns, this book argues that travel cannot simply be reduced to getting from A to B. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Reasoning with Travel Time Narratives on Travelled Time The Passages of Thomas Cook Roadside Wilderness Airborne on Time Sharing the Road Smart Travel Conclusion: The Art of Travel

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Peter Frank Peters, Peter Frank Peters, Peter Frank (Universiteit Maastricht Peters, Peters Peter Frank
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 20.01.2010
• EAN: 9780415581233
• ISBN: 978-0-415-58123-3
• Pages: 248
• Thèmes: International Library of Sociology; International Library of Sociology
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Social Theory, Soziologie und Anthropologie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Humanities