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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824590103321

Autore

Revill George

Titolo

Railway / / George Revill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion Books, 2012

ISBN

1-86189-975-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

288 p. : ill. (some col.)

Collana

Objekt

Disciplina

385

Soggetti

Railroads

Railroads - History

Railroads - Social aspects

Railroad travel - History

Railroad travel - Social aspects

Railroads in literature

Railroads in motion pictures

Railroads in art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Railway Cover -- Imprint page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Nature, Culture and the Train Landscape -- 2. The Machine Ensemble and the Nation-State -- 3. Journeys, Stories and Everyday Lives -- 4. Moving Objects: Stations, Locomotives and the Arts of Commerce -- 5. Entrainment: Tracks to a Railway Ecology -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.