The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century
The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century
The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Railway</strong> <strong>Journey</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Industrialization</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Time</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Space</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> N<strong>in</strong>eteenth <strong>Century</strong> (Wolfgang Schivelbusch) <strong>The</strong> impact <strong>of</strong> constant technological change upon our perception <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace <strong>of</strong> modern society. But this was not always <strong>the</strong> case; as Wolfgang Schivelbusch po<strong>in</strong>ts out <strong>in</strong> this fasc<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g study, our adaptation to technological change—<strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> our modern, <strong>in</strong>dustrialized consciousness—was very much a learned behavior. In <strong>The</strong> <strong>Railway</strong> <strong>Journey</strong>, Schivelbusch exam<strong>in</strong>es <strong>the</strong> orig<strong>in</strong>s <strong>of</strong> this <strong>in</strong>dustrialized consciousness by explor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> reaction <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> n<strong>in</strong>eteenth century to <strong>the</strong> first dramatic avatar <strong>of</strong> technological change, <strong>the</strong> railroad. In a highly orig<strong>in</strong>al <strong>and</strong> engag<strong>in</strong>g fashion, Schivelbusch discusses <strong>the</strong> ways <strong>in</strong> which our perceptions <strong>of</strong> distance, time, autonomy, speed, <strong>and</strong> risk were altered by railway travel. As a history <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> surpris<strong>in</strong>g ways <strong>in</strong> which technology <strong>and</strong> culture <strong>in</strong>teract, this book covers a wide range <strong>of</strong> topics, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> chang<strong>in</strong>g perception <strong>of</strong> l<strong>and</strong>scapes, <strong>the</strong> death <strong>of</strong> conversation while travel<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>the</strong> problematic nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> railway compartment, <strong>the</strong> space <strong>of</strong> glass architecture, <strong>the</strong> pathology <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> railway journey, <strong>in</strong>dustrial fatigue <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> shock, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> railroad <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> city. Belong<strong>in</strong>g to a dist<strong>in</strong>guished European tradition <strong>of</strong> critical sociology best exemplified by<br />
<strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong> Georg Simmel <strong>and</strong> Walter Benjam<strong>in</strong>, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Railway</strong> <strong>Journey</strong> is anchored <strong>in</strong> rich empirical data <strong>and</strong> full <strong>of</strong> strik<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>sights about railway travel, <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustrial revolution, <strong>and</strong> technological change. Now updated with a new preface, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Railway</strong> <strong>Journey</strong> is an <strong>in</strong>valuable resource for readers <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> n<strong>in</strong>eteenth-century culture <strong>and</strong> technology <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> prehistory <strong>of</strong> modern media <strong>and</strong> digitalization.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Railway</strong> <strong>Journey</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Industrialization</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Time</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Space</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> N<strong>in</strong>eteenth <strong>Century</strong>
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Author : Wolfgang Schivelbusch<br />
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Pages : 248 pages<br />
Publisher : University <strong>of</strong> California Press 2014-05-06<br />
Language : English<br />
ISBN-10 : 0520282264<br />
ISBN-13 : 9780520282261
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Railway</strong> <strong>Journey</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Industrialization</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Time</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Space</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> N<strong>in</strong>eteenth <strong>Century</strong>
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