Explorations: Iron Horse: the effects of railways on society and mentality
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Background to Channel 4 'The Day the World Took Off', shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films. Simon Schaffer discusses the effects of railways on Victorian society. People were treated as parcels, and saw the world in panoramic vision. Book stores were opened and stations became embassies for the places to which people were travelling. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-08 16:15 |
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| Collection: | A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off) |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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