John Urry (1946–2016) was an extraordinary, generous and compelling force. As is evident in the hundreds of tributes and testimonials to his memory gathered already, his work influenced so many people through his talks at conferences, his published words in the pages of journals and his many books, and in conversations across viva examination tables, PhD juries and supervisory meetings. This essay remembers John’s contribution to the study of mobility and spatial theory more generally.
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Martin J, et al. (2016) Tributes and memories for John Urry. Department of Sociology, Lancaster University. Available at: http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/john-urry/tributes/ (accessed 7 October 2016).
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ShellerM (2003) Consuming the Caribbean, London: Routledge.
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ShellerM (2012) Citizenship from Below, Durham: Duke University Press.
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UrryJ (1981) Anatomy of Capitalist Societies, Basingstoke: Macmillan.
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UrryJ (1990) The Tourist Gaze, London: Sage.
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UrryJ (2000) Sociology beyond Societies: Mobilities for the Twenty-First Century, London: Routledge.
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Urry J (ed.) (2004) Special Issue: Automobilities. Theory, Culture & Society 21(4–5).
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UrryJ (2013) Societies beyond Oil, London: Zed.
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UrryJ (2014) Offshoring, Cambridge: Polity.
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Vicuña GonzalezV (2013) Securing Paradise: Tourism and Militarism in Hawai’i and the Philippines, Durham: Duke University Press.
