Article ID: CBB144175125

Negotiating Mobility: Royal Dockyard Workers as Railway Excursion Agents and Social Entrepreneurs, 1880–1918 (June 2022)

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From their creation in the mid-nineteenth century in Britain railway excursions provided working people with the means to expand their horizons and create new opportunities for identity- and money-making. This article explores the role of the social entrepreneur and their affect on social mobility. It also re-evaluates working-class leisure in the south of England and challenges the notion that the working-classes were not proactive in establishing their own unique commercial leisure cultures. Using a case study of two dockyard excursion enterprises, which were operated as sideline ventures by skilled artisans of the Royal Dockyard in Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK, the article will demonstrate how local working-class access to travel and cultural experiences were broadened and transformed through their initiatives and analyse the role and influence of these men on their co-workers and in wider society.

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Article James Cohen (June 2022) Contributions to the post-World War II History of High-Speed Ground Transport in the United States. The Journal of Transport History (pp. 3-10). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Divall, Colin
Christopher Leffler
Jie Zhang
Amanda Crawley Jackson
Olga Povoroznyuk
Heather Anne Swanson
Concepts
Railroads
Mobility
Land transportation
Technology and society
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Leisure and leisure industry
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Places
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Mexican-American border region
Western states (U.S.)
England
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