Railway Station

A Social History

Автор: John M. MacKenzie, Jeffrey Richards

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In the preface the authors describe their approach, 'In examining the social history of railway stat...

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Автор

John M. MacKenzie, Jeffrey Richards

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2010

страници

486

EAN

9780571269037

ISBN

0571269036

Enbook ID

04624191

Издател

Faber & Faber

Теглоt

732

Размери

156 x 236 x 38

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In the preface the authors describe their approach, 'In examining the social history of railway stations we were concerned to treat them not as inanimate objects, but as living, breathing places which, better than any other building type of the last 150 years, reflected the societies around them, public buildings which people used in all sorts of ways and whose significance they instantly recognized when depicted in the theatre, the cinema, paintings, photographs, poetry, novels, and travel works. For this reason we have chosen to allow other voices to tell part of the story, to illustrate through quotation the central, but often differing, role of the station in so many societies and so many lives'. They succeed triumphantly in this aim. After the introduction aptly called 'The Mystique of the Railway Station' there are fifteen absorbing chapters covering: The Station in Architecture (three chapters); The Station and Society; The Station in Politics; Class, Race, and Sex; Some Station Types; The Station in the Economy (two chapters); The Station as Place of Work; The Station in Wartime (two chapters); The Usual Offices; The Station in Painting and Poetry, Postcard and Poster; and, The Station in Literature and Film. 'The scope is comprehensive, the achievement magnificent. 'written with great enthusiasm ...packed with rich detail. This is real social history' - Asa Briggs. 'full of good quotations, and (the authors) write with the infectious enthusiasm of addicts, captivated by the romance of railways' - "Times Literary Supplement". 'remarkable ...the railway station in all its aspects' - A. N. Wilson.

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