Abstract
Using Peter Merriman's recent book as a trigger, this review-cum-polemic argues that mobility history is facing a scholarly crisis in the midst of other mobility-related fields that are blossoming. The core of the diagnosis is a lack of debate on a central question that is painfully missing. The article suggests as a remedy the opening up of the field along the paths of transmodality, transdisciplinarity, and especially transnationality. The national bias of much historical scholarship is a hindrance to its future blooming.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7-19 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Mobility in History : the Yearbook of the International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |