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Contents
The Machine Ensemble | 16 |
Railroad Space and Railroad Time | 33 |
The Space of Glass Architecture | 45 |
The Compartment | 70 |
The American Railroad | 89 |
The Pathology of the Railroad Journey | 113 |
Industrial Fatigue | 124 |
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| Title | The Railway Journey: The Industrialization and Perception of Time and Space |
| Author | Wolfgang Schivelbusch |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0520059298, 9780520059290 |
| Length | 203 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Sociology / General Transportation / Railroads / History |
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