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Military supplies --- Romans --- Waterways --- Transportation --- History --- Military supplies - Transportation - History --- Romans - England --- Waterways - England - History

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"Transport and mobility history is one of the most exciting areas of historical research at the present. As its scope expands, it entices scholars working in fields as diverse as historical geography, management studies, sociology, industrial archaeology, cultural and literary studies, ethnography, and anthropology, as well as those working in various strands of historical research. Containing contributions exploring transport and mobility history after 1800, this volume of eclectic chapters shows how new subjects are explored, new sources are being encountered, considered and used, and how increasingly diverse and innovative methodological lenses are applied to both new and well-travelled subjects. From canals to Concorde, from freight to passengers, from screen to literature, the contents of this book will therefore not only demonstrate the cutting edge of research, and deliver valuable new insights into the role and position of transport and mobility in history, but it will also evidence the many and varied directions and possibilities that exist for the field's future development"--

Transportation --- Travel --- History --- Social aspects --- Transport. Traffic --- Traveling --- Travelling --- Tourism --- Voyages and travels --- Social aspects. --- History. --- Transportation - History --- Travel - Social aspects

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A-t-on assez souligné le rôle de la peinture dans la formation de notre paysage occidental ? Sans doute, mais en négligeant celui de la technique et plus précisément des techniques de transport, responsables de ce jeu que cet ouvrage met en place et anime sous nos yeux. Chaque mode de transport nouveau impose au voyageur des façons inédites de faire, de sentir, de voir, de se repérer, chacun est porteur d'une approche originale de l'espace qui façonne un paysage. Ainsi, au XIXe siècle, le chemin de fer contraint le voyageur, livré à l'ivresse du glissement, à porter au loin son regard, les abords immédiats de la voie défilant trop vite pour qu'il puisse les figer. Un paysage ferroviaire, fait d'amples variations, prend alors corps. Avant, on aura vu la route des Lumières, dernier heu de l'ancien voyage, puis viendra le paysage apparu avec les premières automobiles, enfin celui de l'autoroute. La vitesse, la mécanisation et la signalisation construisent ainsi les scènes de ces paysages en mouvement. L'approche se fait à chaque fois selon une même méthode : de la genèse du système de transport, avec ses seuils techniques, économiques et sociologiques, aux dispositions techniques adoptées, qui bouleversent la perception de l'espace - chaussée rectiligne et uniforme au XVIIIe siècle, mécanisation de la traction sur rail au XIXe, autoroutes isolées de leur contexte au XXe siècle. Illustrée par la visite des villes d'art, une opposition se dessine alors entre les aménagements traditionnels et ceux dictés par la technique. Au-delà de l'étude des paysages associés aux transports, cet ouvrage est au cœur de la réflexion actuelle sur l'environnement. (extrait du dos de la couverture)

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The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling. Traffic, air pollution, and sprawl motivated citizens to support urban rail as an alternative to driving, and the city has started to reinvent itself by developing compact neighborhoods adjacent to transit. As a result of pressure from local leaders, particularly with the election of Tom Bradley as mayor in 1973, the Los Angeles Metro Rail gradually took shape in the consummate car city. Railtown presents the history of this system by drawing on archival documents, contemporary news accounts, and interviews with many of the key players to provide critical behind-the-scenes accounts of the people and forces that shaped the system. Ethan Elkind brings this important story to life by showing how ambitious local leaders zealously advocated for rail transit and ultimately persuaded an ambivalent electorate and federal leaders to support their vision. Although Metro Rail is growing in ridership and political importance, with expansions in the pipeline, Elkind argues that local leaders will need to reform the rail planning and implementation process to avoid repeating past mistakes and to ensure that Metro Rail supports a burgeoning demand for transit-oriented neighborhoods in Los Angeles. This engaging history of Metro Rail provides lessons for how the American car-dominated cities of today can reinvent themselves as thriving railtowns of tomorrow.

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