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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814888003321

Autore

Fraser Benjamin

Titolo

Trains, culture, and mobility : riding the rails / / Benjamin Fraser, Steven Spalding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-283-43281-1

9786613432810

0-7391-6750-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SpaldingSteven D. <1971->

Disciplina

306.4/819

Soggetti

Railroads - Social aspects

Railroad travel - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Speed and vision -- pt. 2. On passengers -- pt. 3. City networks -- pt. 4. Inside the station -- pt. 5. Shifting states.

Sommario/riassunto

Trains, Culture and Mobility is-along with its companion volume: Trains, Literature and Culture-the first work to thoroughly explore the railroad's connections with a full range of cultural discourses-including literature, visual art, music, graffiti, and television but also advertising, architecture, cell phones, and more...