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In the nineteenth century, railways were viewed as a symbol of progress and confidence in technological modernity. In the twenty-first century, the frustrations of gridlocked traffic, record-high gas prices, and the looming fears of climate change have transformed the railway system once again into...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Revill, George, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Reaktion Books, 2012
Series:Objekt.
Subjects:
Railroads.
Railroads > History.
Railroads > Social aspects.
Railroad travel.
Railroads in literature.
Railroads in motion pictures.
Railroads in art.
Chemins de fer > Histoire.
Voyages en train.
Chemins de fer au cinéma.
Chemins de fer dans l'art.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > Pictorial.
Railroad travel
Railroads
Railroads in art
Railroads in literature
Railroads in motion pictures
Railroads > Social aspects
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Nature, culture and the train landscape
  • The machine ensemble and the nation-state
  • Journeys, stories and everyday lives
  • Moving objects : stations, locomotives and the arts of commerce
  • Entrainment : tracks to a railway ecology

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