The effects of railways on society and mentality

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Dugan, David
Publication Date
2004-08-17
Language
en_GB
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Video
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Dugan, D. (2004). The effects of railways on society and mentality [Video file]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/648
Abstract
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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York, industrial revolution
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