Microtravel

MicrotravelThis volume explores and historicizes the phenomenon of microtravel, a term coined to designate slower journeys within a limited radius which allow, and sometimes necessitate, new forms of experiencing the world. The chapters study travelogues that recalibrate the scale of journeying, with travellers slowing down their journeys and readjusting their relationship to the proximate and nearby.

uncovering many untold stories

This annotated bibliography of nineteenth-century British periodicals reveals how Victorian commentaries on journalism shaped the discourse on the origins and contemporary character of the domestic

political and cultural change across the United States

Operation Wonderland

and addresses the effervescent question of ‘relevance’

How and why did the Nazis seize power in Germany

Carl Linnaeus

resorting to crime

which promoted a restructuring of the political order

researchers from twelve countries reveal that it is all too frequently a freedom that is taken for granted

the issues raised in this book are much broader

Also a tribute to six key figures within the field: Jill Forbes