This book brings together the leading authors currently working at the intersection of social sciences and transport science and offers rich consideration of the issues, practices and structures of mu
Mobile communications technologies are taking off across the world, while urban transportation and surveillance systems are also being rebuilt and updated. Emergent practices of physical, informationa
Many places around the world are being produced, converted, interpreted and made fit for tourist consumption. This fascinating book analyzes tourist performances such as walking, shopping, sunbathing,
Instead of publishing the proceedings of a symposium held in Heidelberg, Germany in November 2007, the editors decided to shape a more conceptual book, and they describe in the preface their delight i
Mobility - flows, movement and migration in social life - has emerged as a central area of sociological debate, yet one of its most dominant forms, automobility, has remained largely ignored. Edited
Presents discussions of the theoretical significance of tourism in contemporary societies--particularly how cultures themselves tour--assembled by Rojek (sociology and culture, Nottingham Trent U.) an
Aeromobilities is a collection of essays that tackle in many different ways the growing importance of aviation and air travel in our hypermobile, globalized world. Providing a multidisciplinary focus
In the twenty-first century, more than ever, everything and everybody seems to be on the move. Global flows of people, goods, food, money, information, services and media images are forming an intense
In the twenty-first century, more than ever, everything and everybody seems to be on the move. Global flows of people, goods, food, money, information, services and media images are forming an intense
Objects and materials are on the move like never before, often at astonishing speeds and along hidden routeways. This collection opens to social scientific scrutiny the various systems which move obje
Counter to typical tourism studies that focus on consumers in fixed vacation destinations and activities, Baerenholdt (geography, international development studies, Roskilde U., Denmark) and fellow Da
