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British Railway Enthusiasm by Ian Carter, Jeffrey Richards, Manchester University Press Staff is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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.The first book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. The postwar train spotting craze swept most boys (and some girls, despite railways being coded as a male business) into a passion for rail

Who reads British Railway Enthusiasm?

Author

Ian Carter, Jeffrey Richards, Manchester University Press Staff

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781526129741

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Technology, History