British Railway Enthusiasm

Author:   Ian Carter
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
ISBN:  

9780719065668


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   31 March 2008
Format:   Hardback
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This is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. Far from a trivial topic, the postwar 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 postwar 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 ground-breaking text becomes a key work in transport studies, and will appeal to enthusiasts as much as to students and scholars of transport and cultural history. -- .

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Author:   Ian Carter
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.649kg
ISBN:  

9780719065668


ISBN 10:   0719065666
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   31 March 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Railway Enthusiast's Life-World Chapter 2 The Railway Book (and Magazine) Mania Chapter 3 Associated Life Chapter 4 Train Spotter: The Last Pariah Chapter 5 Preserved Lines: Playing Trains or Running a Business? Chapter 6 Blood on the Tracks Chapter 7 Modelling and Engineering Chapter 8 The Rise and Fall of the Toy Train Empire Chapter 9 Standards, Schism and Skill: Exclusive Brethren Chapter 10 A Dying Fall? Bibliography Index -- .

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This is a magnificent achievement. It is entertaining, erudite, witty, wise, thorough and fascinating. This is a remarkable book about a remarkable phenomenon. Dr Douglas Reid, University of Hull


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Ian Carter is Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland -- .

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