| Description |
xvi, 203 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Alan Trachtenberg -- 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 |
| Notes |
Erratum slip laid in |
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Includes index |
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Translation of: Geschichte der Eisenbahnreise |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 198-200 |
| Notes |
In English translated from the German |
| Subject |
Railroad travel -- History -- 19th century.
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Railroads -- History -- 19th century.
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Space and time -- History -- 19th century.
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| LC no. |
86011226 |
| ISBN |
0520058127 (alk. paper) |
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0520059298 (paperback) |
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