Diverging tracks : American versus English rail travel in the 19th century / Trevor K. Snowdon.
Diverging tracks : American versus English rail travel in the 19th century / Trevor K. Snowdon.
Diverging tracks : American versus English rail travel in the 19th century / Trevor K. Snowdon.
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Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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G 2019/0879
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English
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vii, 297 pages ; 26 cm
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text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
19th century England: a very strange railroad system in a very strange society? -- The carceral experiences of the 19th century English railroad passenger -- 19th century America: a no less strange railroad system in a no less strange society? -- Traveling with the passenger on the 19th century "cla...
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Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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North Carolina
Date Published
[2019]
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"The advent of mass railroad travel in the 1800s saw the extension of a system of global transport that developed various national styles of construction, operation, administration, and passenger experiences. Drawing on travel narratives and broad range of other contemporary sources, this history contrasts the railroad cultures of 19th century Engl...
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Diverging tracks : American versus English rail travel in the 19th century / Trevor K. Snowdon.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/0879
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74VKVyqQ0wvO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVyqQ0wvO
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ISBN
1476671540 paperback ; alkaline paper
9781476671543 paperback ; alkaline paper
DDC
388.22094109034
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991024230716802626
