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The Railway Journey

Paperback • 2014 • English

The Railway Journey

By Wolfgang Schivelbusch

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About the book

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 i...Show more

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ISBN

9780520282261

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

The Railway Journey

Format

Paperback

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