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Suburbanizing the Masses - Public Transport and Urban Development in Historical Perspective (Paperback)
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Suburbanizing the Masses - Public Transport and Urban Development in Historical Perspective (Paperback)
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This title was first published in 2003. Suburbanizing the Masses
examines how collective forms of transport have contributed to the
spatial and social evolution of towns and cities in various
countries since the mid nineteenth century. Divided into two
sections, the volume develops first the classic tradition on
transport and the city, public transport's 'impact' on urban
development. The contextualisation of transport is one important
factor in the historical debates surrounding urban development. As
well as analysing the discourse employed by urban political and
business elites in favour of public transport, these contributions
show the degree to which practice often fell short of ideals. The
second section tackles the professional paradigms of urban
transport: the circulation of traffic in cities and the
technological modes appropriate to its realization. In particular
these contributions explore the paradigms held by professional
planners and managers, and the political classes associated with
them. From a variety of perspectives Suburbanizing the Masses
demonstrates the continuing relevance of socio-historical inquiry
on the relationship between public transport and urban development.
By differentiating between the many roles of urban transport in the
nineteenth century, it confirms that public transport was not
directly linked to urban growth, and instead often had only a
limited effect on the wider urban structure. Suburbanizing the
Masses forces a reassessment of the received historiography that
maintains cheap public transport was essential to the spectacular
growth of cites in the nineteenth century.
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