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1 online resource (249 pages) |
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Cover; The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface to the 2014 Edition; 1. The Mechanization of Motive Power; 2. The Machine Ensemble; 3. Railroad Space and Railroad Time; Excursus: The Space of Glass Architecture; 4. Panoramic Travel; 5. The Compartment; The End of Conversation while Traveling; Isolation; Drama in the Compartment; The Compartment as a Problem; 6. The American Railroad; Transportation Before the Railroad; The Construction of the Railroad; The New Type of Carriage. |
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River Steamboat and Canal Packet as Models for the American Railroad CarSea Voyage on Rails; Postscript; 7. The Pathology of the Railroad Journey; Excursus: Industrial Fatigue; 8. The Accident; Accident and Crisis; 9. Railway Accident, 'Railway Spine' and Traumatic Neurosis; Excursus: The History of Shock; 10. Stimulus Shield: or, the Industrialized Consciousness; 11. The Railroad Station: Entrance to the City; 12. Tracks in the City; 13. Circulation; Bibliographical Note; Index. |
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In English translated from the German. |
ISBN |
9780520957909 (electronic bk.) |
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0520957903 (electronic bk.) |
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0520282264 (Paper) |
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9780520282261 (Paper) |
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9781306739313 (MyiLibrary) |
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1306739314 (MyiLibrary) |
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9780520058125 |
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0520058127 |
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9780520059290 |
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0520059298 |
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