The neuroses of the railway : trains, travel and trauma in Britain, c.1850-c.1900

This thesis explores some aspects of the cultural history of the railway during the latter half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. It argues that the railway was of central importance in creating and shaping Victorian attitudes to the machine and to mechanized civilization...

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Main Author: Harrington, Ralph
Other Authors: Harris, Ruth
Published: University of Oxford 1998
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.391046