Railways and the Victorian imagination
Freeman, Michael J., 1950-1999
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This work is a cultural history of the railway age in Britain. The very centrality of the railway in the literary, artistic and imaginative life of the nation is set side by side with its financial, speculative and economic dimension.
Main title:
Railways and the Victorian imagination / Michael Freeman.
Author:
Imprint:
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c1999.
Collation:
vii, 264p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), maps (some col.) ports. ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Ill. on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300079708 (hbk)
Dewey class:
385.094109034385.0941
Local class:
385qL
Language:
English
Subject:
Railroads -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryRailroads -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryRailroads -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th centuryGreat Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
BRN:
607064