Title
The influence of individualistic ideas on American mobility
Publication Date
Fall 2018
Abstract
In this paper I showcase the influence of individualistic thinking ranging back as far as Age of Enlightenment on the development of mobility in America since the eighteenth century. My goal is to identify the factors that shaped the evolution of travel. In order to do so I start by analyzing texts from the early nineteenth century, where travel by foot was the common thing. Next I focus on new means of mobility; first the bicycle, and later on the automobile. I aim to convince that modernity's main instigator was the change in thinking brought forth in the Age of Enlightenment.
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Recommended Citation
Magiera, Markus, "The influence of individualistic ideas on American mobility" (2018). English Department: Traveling American Modernism (ENG 366, Fall 2018). 13.
https://research.library.kutztown.edu/englisheng366/13