The Railways

Author : Simon Bradley
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847653529
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railways written by Simon Bradley and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015 Currently filming for BBC programme Full Steam Ahead Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years. Transforming lives and landscapes, they have left their mark on everything from timekeeping to tourism. As a self-contained world governed by distinctive rules and traditions, the network also exerts a fascination all its own. From the classical grandeur of Newcastle station to the ceaseless traffic of Clapham Junction, from the mysteries of Brunel's atmospheric railway to the lost routines of the great marshalling yards, Simon Bradley explores the world of Britain's railways, the evolution of the trains, and the changing experiences of passengers and workers. The Victorians' private compartments, railway rugs and footwarmers have made way for air-conditioned carriages with airline-type seating, but the railways remain a giant and diverse anthology of structures from every period, and parts of the system are the oldest in the world. Using fresh research, keen observation and a wealth of cultural references, Bradley weaves from this network a remarkable story of technological achievement, of architecture and engineering, of shifting social classes and gender relations, of safety and crime, of tourism and the changing world of work. The Railways shows us that to travel through Britain by train is to journey through time as well as space.

Author : Tommy Donovan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780991008391
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rail written by Tommy Donovan and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a young man growing up during difficult times in the Bronx, New York.

Author : Zhenhua Chen
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784419842
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chinese Railways in the Era of High Speed written by Zhenhua Chen and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects on experiences in other countries and makes recommendations for improving the capability and capacity of institutions and organizations, in order to achieve sustainable development of the Chinese high-speed railway (HSR) system.

Author : Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520957903
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railway Journey written by Wolfgang Schivelbusch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. But this was not always the case; as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our adaptation to technological change—the development of our modern, industrialized consciousness—was very much a learned behavior. In The Railway Journey, Schivelbusch examines the origins of this industrialized consciousness by exploring the reaction in the nineteenth century to the first dramatic avatar of technological change, the railroad. In a highly original and engaging fashion, Schivelbusch discusses the ways in which our perceptions of distance, time, autonomy, speed, and risk were altered by railway travel. As a history of the surprising ways in which technology and culture interact, this book covers a wide range of topics, including the changing perception of landscapes, the death of conversation while traveling, the problematic nature of the railway compartment, the space of glass architecture, the pathology of the railway journey, industrial fatigue and the history of shock, and the railroad and the city. Belonging to a distinguished European tradition of critical sociology best exemplified by the work of Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin, The Railway Journey is anchored in rich empirical data and full of striking insights about railway travel, the industrial revolution, and technological change. Now updated with a new preface, The Railway Journey is an invaluable resource for readers interested in nineteenth-century culture and technology and the prehistory of modern media and digitalization.

Author : India. Railway Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Administration Report on the Railways in India written by India. Railway Board and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report for 1879/1880 includes information on state railways from their beginning.

Author : Thomas M. Cooley
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368267019
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railways of America written by Thomas M. Cooley and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1890.

Author : Edward Dobson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385118530
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Historical, Statistical, and Scientific Account of the Railways of Belgium From 1834 to 1842 written by Edward Dobson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

Author : John GRINSTED
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Finance of the Railways in the United Kingdom. Compiled from Government Statistics written by John GRINSTED and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Valkoinen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500021675
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railways written by Christopher Valkoinen and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exquisite drawings of locomotives, carriages, and stations offering unparalleled insight into the design and operation of the British railway system.

Author : Patrick C. Dorin
Publisher : Seattle : Superior Publishing Company; Saanichton, B.C. : Hancock House Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Canadian National Railways' Story written by Patrick C. Dorin and published by Seattle : Superior Publishing Company; Saanichton, B.C. : Hancock House Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: