Description:
In Mobility, Space and Culture, Peter Merriman draws upon theoretical and empirical work from across the social sciences and humanities to provide a critical evaluation of the relationship between 'mobility' and 'place'/'site', reformulating places as in process, open, and dynamic spatial formations. He examines experiences of, and social reactions to, driving in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain to trace how the motor-car became associated with sensations of movement-space and enmeshed with debates about embodiment, health, visuality, gender and politics.
Review Quotes:
"Mobility, Space and Culture is a mature, well-written and meticulously researched book which walks a tightrope between a substantive theoretical contribution to mobilities scholarship and a fascinating examination of early motorists in Britain. I think it is a real achievement and it deserves to be widely read."-- Peter Adey, Royal Holloway, University of London