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The railway journey, the industrialization of time and space in the nineteenth century : with a new preface, Wolfgang Schivelbusch

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index

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The railway journey

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Wolfgang Schivelbusch

the industrialization of time and space in the nineteenth century : with a new preface

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

Foreword / Alan Trachtenberg -- Preface to the 2014 edition -- The mechanization of motive power -- The machine ensemble -- Railroad space and railroad time -- The space of glass architecture -- Panoramic travel -- The compartment. The end of conversation while traveling ; Isolation ; Drama in the compartment ; The compartment as a problem -- The American railroad. Transportation before the railroad ; The construction of the railroad ; The new type of carriage ; River steamboat and canal packet as models for the American railroad car ; Sea voyage on rails ; Postscript -- The pathology of the railroad journey -- Industrial fatigue -- The accident. Accident and crisis -- Railway accident, "railway spine" and traumatic neurosis -- The history of shock -- Stimulus shield : or, the industrialized consciousness -- The railroad station : entrance to the city -- Tracks in the city -- Circulation