Urn:lcp:railwayjourneyin0000schi:epub:49bfde81-402f-4035-9129-5fe9c018a038 Foldoutcount 0 Grant_report Arcadia #4281 Identifier railwayjourneyin0000schi Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7mq40圆2 Invoice 2089 Isbn 0520058127 Lccn 86011226 //r902 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.5 Ocr_parameters -l eng+deu Old_pallet IA18371 Openlibrary_edition But this was not always the case as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our adaptation to technological changethe development of our modern, industrialized consciousnesswas very much a learned behavior. Henry Shivelbusch wrote The Railway Journey: The Industrialization and Perception of Time and Space, which concerned the altered perception of time and space at the dawn of the train industry. 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. The Railway Journey by Wolfgang Schivelbusch. ![]() Urn:lcp:railwayjourneyin0000schi:lcpdf:cbf12d01-cd6d-440d-bd75-05d2b130594c The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:07:37 Boxid IA1880205 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Stimulus Shield: or, the Industrialized Consciousness Railroad Accident/ "Railway Spine' and Traumatic Neurosis World Machines: The Steam Engine, the Railway, and the ComputerĮxcursus. Now updated with a new preface, The Railway Journey is an invaluable resource for readers interested in nineteenth-century culture and technology and the prehistory of modern media and digitalization. As a history of the surprising ways in which technology and culture interact, this book covers a wide range of topics, including the changing perception of landscapes, the death of conversation while traveling, the problematic nature of the railway compartment, the space of glass architecture, the pathology of the railway journey, industrial fatigue and the history of shock, and the railroad and the city.īelonging to a distinguished European tradition of critical sociology best exemplified by the work of Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin, The Railway Journey is anchored in rich empirical data and full of striking insights about railway travel, the industrial revolution, and technological change. Berkeley :University of California Press, 1986. In a highly original and engaging fashion, Schivelbusch discusses the ways in which our perceptions of distance, time, autonomy, speed, and risk were altered by railway travel. The Railway Journey : the Industrialization of Time and Space in the 19th Century. 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. 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. The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century. But this was not always the case as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our adaptation to technological changethe development of our.
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