Ferry Tales: Mobility, Place, and Time on Canada's West Coast

by Phillip Vannini

Book Overview

The purpose of this rich and innovatively presented ethnography is to explore mobility, sense of place and time on the British Columbia coast. On the basis of almost 400 interviews with ferry passengers and over 250 ferry journeys, the author narrates and reflects on the performance of travel and on the consequences of ferry-dependence on island and coastal communities. Ferry Tales inaugurates a new series entitled Innovative Ethnographies for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415883075
• ISBN13: 9780415883078
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"