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

Melanie Bassett (Author)

The Journal of Transport History
Volume: 43
Issue: 1
Pages: 131-151
Publication date: June 2022
Language: English

URI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00225266211043419

DOI: 10.1177/00225266211043419

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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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