"The social construction of road technology presented here offers an enlightened reading of one of the fundamental elements of modernity, and of the prosperity and crises of our societies." * Mathieu Flonneau, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, SIRICE, IAES-EDS "Gijs Mom's trilogy on world mobility history is a monument in the field. Vast in scope, it integrates global problems in transport, technology, society and culture, defying boundaries of nationality, language and discipline. As at great architectural monuments, however, dimensions may intimidate. But now, in A World History of Mobility, we have the architect himself to guide us on an insider's tour. Mom has distilled decades of global mobilities scholarship into a readable essay. Specialists will savor it, and newcomers will find it the best available introduction to the field." * Peter Norton, University of Virginia.