Explorations: Iron Horse: Ride on a Bullet Train
Duration: 6 mins 54 secs
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Background to Channel 4 'The Day the World Took Off', shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.
On a journey on the bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka, Alan Macfarlane reflects on the role of the wheel in Western and Japanese civilizations. He also talks about the origins of the industrial revolution, East and West. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-08 16:35 |
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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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