UID:
edocfu_9959241051802883
Format:
1 online resource (316 pages) :
,
illustrations, maps.
ISBN:
1-5261-2974-4
Series Statement:
Studies in Popular Culture
Content:
Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. Far from a trivial topic, the post-war train spotting craze swept most boys and some girls into a passion for railways, and for many, ignited a lifetime's interest. British railway enthusiasm traces this post-war cohort, and those which followed, as they invigorated different sectors in the world of railway enthusiasm - train spotting, railway modelling, collecting railway relics - and then, in response to the demise of main line steam traction, Britain's now-huge preserved railway industry. Today this industry finds itself riven by tensions between preserving a loved past which ever fewer people can remember and earning money from tourist visitors.The widespread and enduring significance of railway enthusiasm will ensure that this groundbreaking text remains a key work in transport studies, and will appeal to enthusiasts as much as to students and scholars of transport and cultural history.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7190-6566-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7190-6567-4
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.7765/9781526129741
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