A new Article has been published in JTH!
"The ‘bad’ Black driver: Respectability, criminality and cars in Washington, D.C., 1910s–1930s", by Sandra R. Heard.
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A new Article has been published in JTH!
"The ‘bad’ Black driver: Respectability, criminality and cars in Washington, D.C., 1910s–1930s", by Sandra R. Heard.
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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!
"Book Review: Hubbing for Tourists. Airports, Hotels and Tourism Development in the Indo-Pacific by Evan R. Ward", by Domingo Cuéllar.
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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!
"Book Review: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE–8th century CE by Susanne Luther, Pieter B. Hartog and Clare E. Wilde", by Simone Fari.
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‼️T2M 23rd Annual Conference‼️
Mobility Alternatives – Alternative Mobilities
Eindhoven, NL 4-7 November 2025
We announce that registration for the 2025 T2M Conference is now open! Secure your early-bird rate today by registering here: t2m.dryfta.com/registration/
Final deadline: 21 October
Dear colleagues,
Registration for the 2025 T2M Conference in Eindhoven is open! Secure your early-bird rate today: t2m.dryfta.com/registration/
Be sure to register by 8 September to take advantage of the discounted early bird rate.
The final deadline is 21 October.
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A new Article has been published in JTH!
"“Very V.I.P.”: Pan American's Clipper Clubs, the regulatory state, and exclusive spaces in commercial aviation, 1949–1974", by Kevin J. James.
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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!
"Book Review: Everyday Mobilities in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century British Diaries by Colin G. Pooley and Marilyn E. Pooley", by Anna-Leena Toivanen.
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A new Brief Report has been published in JTH!
"Expometro: Behind the Scenes of the Mexico City Metro", by Luis David Berrones-Sanz.
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Dear Followers,
‼️JTH created an open-access collection of papers to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first railway journey in Britain‼️
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A new Article has been published in JTH!
"A well-tracked path? Assessing the factors behind the expansion of Spain's nineteenth-century railway network" by Guillermo Esteban-Oliver, Víctor Sanchís-Maldonado, Rafael Barquín Gil
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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!
"Book Review: Holding Patterns: Air Transport and Foreign Policy in The Netherlands by Marc Dierikx and Jean Guillaume Petit", by Giles Scott-Smith.
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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!
"Book Review: Articulating Publicness in Infrastructure: The History of Municipal Streets, Water and Sanitation in Sweden by Pär Blomkvist", by Jonas Hallström.
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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!
"Book Review: Moving Workers. Historical Perspectives on Labour, Coercion and Im/mobilities", by Carvalhal Hélder.
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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!
"Otherness in Literary and Intercultural Communication: Crossing Borders, Crossing Cultures by Cândido de Oliveira Martins, Carmen Ramos Villar and Michela Graziani", by Ana Cristina Pereira.
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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!
"Book Review: The Regulation of Air Transport. From Protection to Liberalisation, and Back Again by Barry Humphreys", by Javier Vidal.
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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!
"Book Review: Railroads & Economic Regulation (An Insider’s Account) by Frank N. Wilner", by Thomas C. Cornillie.
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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!
"Book Review: The Emergence of Privateering by J.D. Ford", by David John Starkey.
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A new Article has been published in JTH!
"Steamers, refugees, and empires: The maritime displacement of Circassians in the Eastern Mediterranean", by Matteo Barbano.
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A new Article has been published in JTH!
"The (de)regulation of passenger air transport in post-war Germany and its impact on airlines, routes and airfares, 1945 to 2019", by Mark Spoerer and Jana Vinga Martins
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🚆 Railway 200 – Celebrating Two Centuries of Railways
The JTH has curated a virtual collection of 17 articles focused on Britain’s railways — exploring their global connections, innovations, and social impact.
📚 Free access from 3–10 November
🔗 Link here: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
A new Book Review has been published in JTH!
"Book Review: The Power and Pains of Polisemy: Maritime Trade, Averages, and Institutional Development in the Low Countries (15th-16th Centuries) by Gijs Dreijer", by Flàvio Miranda.
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A new Brief Report has been published in JTH!
"(De)valued railway heritage – The case of Barreiro, Portugal", by Breno Borges.
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A new Article has been published in JTH!
"The crisis of the secondary railways: The deadwood policy in Italian transport after World War II (1945–1960)", by Leandro Stacchini.
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The Journal of Transport History presents the members of its Editorial Team!
Hugo Silveira Pereira, Ph.D. in History, is the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Transport History and president of T2M.
A new Article has been published in JTH!
"Sailing sGraven Stroom: The appropriation of nautical space in fifteenth-century Flanders", by Kristiaan Dillen.
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The Journal of Transport History presents the members of its Editorial Team!
Leandro Stacchini is a PhD student in Historical Studies at the Universities of Florence and Siena.
NEW CFP!
Mobilising Imperial History: Crime, Policing and Control in the British Empire.
Please send an abstract of 200 words and a short biography to the workshop organiser, Dr Aparajita Mukhopadhyay (a.mukhopadhyay@kent.ac.uk) by Friday 16th May 2025.
Link: royalhistsoc.org/calendar/mob...
A new Brief Report has been published in JTH!
"From hot-air balloon to airship: An inflated adventure, Abbaye des Prémontrés, from 22 March 2025 to 06 July 2025", by Etienne Faugier.
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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!
"Book Review: Fixing Motorcycles in Post-Repair Societies: Technology, Aesthetics and Gender by Gabriel Jderu", by Lenka Kratka.
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A new Article has been published in JTH!
"Spatial impacts of train ferries and fixed links in Denmark", by Richard D. Knowles.
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