The railway journey : trains and travel in the 19th century. [Geschichte der Eisenbahnreise] [Machine Ensemble; Space of Glass Architecture; American Railroad; Railroad Accident, Railway Spine, Traumatic Neurosis; Railroad Station: Entrance to the C
by Schivelbusch, Wolfgang, 1941-
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New York : Urizen Books, 1980., 1980. Good. 213 pp. ; illustrated ; 28 cm. ; ISBN: 0893960284 ; LCCN: 79-67655 ; OCLC: 6957770 ; Language: English ; Translation of Geschichte der Eisenbahnreise ; LC: HE1021; Dewey: 385/.09/034 ; translated from the German by Anselm Hollo ; design by Brayton Harris. ; blue cloth with silver lettering in nicked and repaired dustjacket ; ...[A]llows us to re-experience the 'future shock' which the 19th century was subjected to with the introduction of the first high speed vehicle, the railroad."--dustjacket ; G/G
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- The railway journey : trains and travel in the 19th century. [Geschichte der Eisenbahnreise] [Machine Ensemble; Space of Glass Architecture; American Railroad; Railroad Accident, Railway Spine, Traumatic Neurosis; Railroad Station: Entrance to the C
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- Schivelbusch, Wolfgang, 1941-
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- Used - Good
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- Hardcover
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- New York : Urizen Books, 1980.
- Date Published
- 1980
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- railroads roalraod trains architecture engineering machines accidents eisenbahnen
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