Trains, Culture, and Mobility: Riding the Rails
- ISBN-10
- 0739167502
- ISBN-13
- 9780739167502
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-12-29
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Authors
- Benjamin Fraser, Steven D. Spalding
Description
Trains, Culture and Mobility is—along with its companion volume: Trains, Literature and Culture—the first work to thoroughly explore the railroad’s connections with a full range of cultural discourses—including literature, visual art, music, graffiti, and television but also advertising, architecture, cell phones, and more…
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