On foot a history of walking /
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New York :
New York University Press,
c2004.
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সূচিপত্রের সারণি:
- Introduction, walking is talking
- In the beginning was the foot : walking from the origins of bipedal man to marching Roman legions
- Along the road : Medieval pilgrims, beggars, mounted warriors, and the early city walkers
- Put your best foot forward : the rise of upper-class promenading and strolling
- Mind over foot : Romantic walking and rambling
- North American walking : exploring the continent on foot
- City walking : the genesis of the urban pedestrian in nineteenth-century London
- A new footing for the nation : taming and cleaning up revolutionary Paris
- Getting in step : disciplining the mob and marching the masses off to war
- Wheels and cars : the eclipse of the American walker by the motorist
- Conclusion, choose your steps : reflections on the transformation of walking from necessity to choice.