 | Cargomobilities: Moving Materials in a Global Age Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Geography; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Tourism Hospitality and Events; Sociology & Social Policy; Tourism; Industry & Industrial Studies; Human Geography; International Political Economy; Transport Industries; Transport Geography; Globalization; Social Class; Social Theory; Political Sociology; Sociology of Culture; Tourism Geography; 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 objects about the world, examining their fateful implications for many people and places. Offering texts from key thinkers, the book presents case studies from around the world which report on efforts to establish, maintain, disrupt or transform the cargo-mobility systems which have grown so dramatically in scale and significance in recent decades. Thomas Birtchnell is Lecturer in Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong. Satya Savitzky is a PhD candidate in the Sociology Department at Lancaster University. John Urry is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Mobilities Research at Lancaster University. |
