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The Journal of Transport History aims to circulate and promote the best and the widest possible range of peer reviewed analysis and commentary on all facets of transport pasts. More here: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/JTH

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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Jun 23

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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · 9h

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · 2d

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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Book Review: Articulating Publicness in Infrastructure: The History of Municipal Streets, Water and Sanitation in Sweden by Pär Blomkvist - Jonas Hallström, 2025

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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · 6d

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · 13d

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · 14d

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · 16d

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · 22d

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · 29d

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Sep 4

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Aug 25

‼️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

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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Aug 13

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Aug 12

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Aug 1

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Jul 15

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 @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Jul 7

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Jun 26

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Jun 23

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– New issues and articles
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📡 Connect with a growing international community and be part of the conversation on the past, present, and future of transport history.

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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Jun 23

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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Jun 23

A new Editorial has been published in JTH!

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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · Jun 4

A new Editorial from our Editor-in-Chief Hugo Silveira Pereira has been published in JTH!

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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · May 29

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · May 28

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · May 21

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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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · May 14

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 ([email protected]) by Friday 16th May 2025.

Link: royalhistsoc.org/calendar/mob...

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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · May 12

His academic interests include political and transport history in Italy and Spain as well as sustainable mobility and environmental history. He is a member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Transport History and collaborates with the LEMOS Laboratory at the University of Siena.