British Railway Enthusiasm
Ian Carter
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Description for British Railway Enthusiasm
Paperback. The first book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. The postwar train spotting craze swept most boys (and some girls, despite railways being coded as a male business) into a passion for railways. These people invigorated different sectors in railway enthusiasm's life world - from railway modelling to Britain's huge preserved railway industry. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 332 pages, 29 graphs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBS; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. Far from a trivial topic, the post-war train spotting craze swept most boys and some girls into a passion for railways, and for many, ignited a lifetime’s interest.
British railway enthusiasm traces this post-war cohort, and those which followed, as they invigorated different sectors in the world of railway enthusiasm – train spotting, railway modelling, collecting railway relics – and then, in response to the demise of main line steam traction, Britain’s now-huge preserved railway industry. Today this industry finds itself ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Studies in Popular Culture
Condition
New
Weight
504g
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719065675
SKU
V9780719065675
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99-15
About Ian Carter
Ian Carter is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland -- .
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