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Description for Railway
Paperback. Drawing from art, literature, music and film, Revill provides an in-depth look at railways throughout the world, examining the technological systems and nation building in railway history, as well as themes such as mobility and identity, design and marketing, and ecology, heritage and sustainability. Series: Objekt. Num Pages: 288 pages, 57 colour illustrations, 114 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 208 x 18. Weight in Grams: 614.
Since the 19th century railways have been a widely acknowledged symbol of progress and confidence in technological modernity. In the 21st century the looming prospect of traffic gridlock and human-induced climate change has once again transformed the railway into a symbol of hope providing a possibility of an environmentally sustainable future. Ambitious cities invest in rail transit, while consumer groups chart every failing in public transport as a marker of government incompetence. Railways even inform our everyday language: we 'fast-track', 'side-track' and 'go off the rails'. In both practical and symbolic senses the cultural meanings of railways continue to play ... Read more
Since the 19th century railways have been a widely acknowledged symbol of progress and confidence in technological modernity. In the 21st century the looming prospect of traffic gridlock and human-induced climate change has once again transformed the railway into a symbol of hope providing a possibility of an environmentally sustainable future. Ambitious cities invest in rail transit, while consumer groups chart every failing in public transport as a marker of government incompetence. Railways even inform our everyday language: we 'fast-track', 'side-track' and 'go off the rails'. In both practical and symbolic senses the cultural meanings of railways continue to play ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Objekt
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861898746
SKU
V9781861898746
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About George Revill
George Revill is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the Open University, UK. He is also the co-editor of Pathologies of Travel (1999), Landscapes of Defence (2000) and Representing the Environment (2004).
Reviews for Railway
'meticulously researched ... Jackson's fascinating study is undoubtedly an important contribution to the social history of medicine.' - The Guardian 'an important book because Jackson achieves a goal broadly shared, but infrequently realised, by current historians of medicine: to integrate biological and cultural events and to synchronise scientific change and social forces in a perceptive analysis ... [a] ... Read more