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The railway journey : the industrialization of time and space in the nineteenth century : with a new preface / Wolfgang Schivelbusch.
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Schivelbusch, Wolfgang, 1941-
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Geschichte der Eisenbahnreise.
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Book
Language
English
Εdition
[2014 edition].
Published/Created
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2014]
Description
xvi, 203 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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HE1021 .S3413 2014
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Subject(s)
Railroads
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History
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19th century
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Railroad travel
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History
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19th century
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Space and time
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19th century
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Summary note
The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. But this was not always the case; as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our adaptation to technological change-the development of our modern, industrialized consciousness-was very much a learned behavior. In The Railway Journey, Schivelbusch examines the origins of this industrialized consciousness by exploring the reaction in the nineteenth century to the first dramatic avatar of technological change, the railroad.
Notes
Translation of: Geschichte der Eisenbahnreise.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index.
Language note
In English translated from the German.
Contents
Foreword / Alan Trachtenberg
Preface to the 2014 edition
The mechanization of motive power
The machine ensemble
Railroad space and railroad time
The space of glass architecture
Panoramic travel
The compartment. The end of conversation while traveling ; Isolation ; Drama in the compartment ; The compartment as a problem
The American railroad. Transportation before the railroad ; The construction of the railroad ; The new type of carriage ; River steamboat and canal packet as models for the American railroad car ; Sea voyage on rails ; Postscript
The pathology of the railroad journey
Industrial fatigue
The accident. Accident and crisis
Railway accident , "railway spine" and traumatic neurosis
The history of shock
Stimulus shield : or, the industrialized consciousness
The railroad station : entrance to the city
Tracks in the city
Circulation.
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ISBN
9780520282261 ((paperback))
0520282264 ((paperback))
OCLC
861955237
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