Transport Revolution and Travels to Asia, 1860s-1920s
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Transport Revolution and Travels to Asia, 1860s-1920s

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Transport Revolution and Travels to Asia, 1860s-1920s

About this book

During the "long" 19th century, a technological revolution occurred, leading to the emergence of new means of transport such as steamships, railways, cars, aeroplanes, bicycles, and rickshaws. This transport revolution not only fundamentally transformed modes of travel and made distant lands more accessible, but it also significantly impacted how travellers experienced the world. The authors of this volume aim to deepen the understanding of the influence of these new modes of transportation and their coexistence with older ones by incorporating a comprehensive range of sources written by both European and Asian travellers. The approach presented in this volume is inspired by the anthropology of the senses, the sociology of travel, and the cultural history of transport. These methodological frameworks are applied to accounts of travels to, from, and within Asia. This perspective enables a focus on various contexts not visible in Europe, including imperialism, Eurocentric approaches to modernisation, and the reactions of colonised peoples to these developments.

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Yes, you can access Transport Revolution and Travels to Asia, 1860s-1920s by Tomasz Ewertowski,Oliwia Gromadzka,Wacław Forajter in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Literary Criticism for Comparative Literature. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Endorsements Page
  3. Half-Title Page
  4. Series Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Contents
  8. List of contributors
  9. Introduction: Transport revolution and travels to Asia from the 1860s to the 1920s
  10. Part I Multiple mobilities
  11. Part II Landscape and senses
  12. Part III Cross-cultural encounters and representations
  13. Index