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Iron Landscapes - National Space And The Railways In Interwar Czechoslovakia

by Felix Jeschke

26,43€ + 10% CARD

 Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the newly formed country of Czechoslovakia built an ambitious national rail network out of what remained of the obsolete Habsburg system. Iron Landscapes gives a nuanced account of how planners and authorities knitted together the young nation-state and articulated a Czechoslovak cosmopolitanism.
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Transnational Railway Cultures - Trains In Music, Literature, Film, And Visual Art

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 Spanning five continents and a diverse range of contexts, this collection offers an unprecedentedly broad survey of global representations of trains. From experimental novels to Hollywood blockbusters, the works studied here chart fascinating routes across a remarkably varied cultural landscape.
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If Cars Could Walk - Postsocialist Streets In Transformation

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 Addressing the transformation of street life in postsocialist cities against the backdrop of the explosive rise of car-mobility in the last 25 years, If Cars Could Walk consists of ethnographic case studies documenting changes in these cities as former socialist modes of mobility are replaced by a culture of privately owned cars.
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Devil'S Wheels - Men And Motorcycling In The Weimar Republic

by Sasha Disko

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 During the unprecedented modernization of Germany's Weimar Republic, motorcycle culture instantiated the new link between consumption and identity. Motorcycles became symbols of masculinity and freedom that exposed the problems and allures of mass-consumption and modern values.
A World History Of Mobility - An Essay On Road Cultures And Beyond

by Gijs Mom

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 In this comprehensive world history of (auto)mobility, Gijs Mom draws upon his expertise within the field to assess the past and present of road cultures, and hypothesize its future. From climate change and capitalism to decolonization and gender, this volume spotlights the carâ€™s influence on our sense of identity and imagination.
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If Cars Could Walk - Postsocialist Streets In Transformation

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 Addressing the transformation of street life in postsocialist cities against the backdrop of the explosive rise of car-mobility in the last 25 years, If Cars Could Walk consists of ethnographic case studies documenting changes in these cities as former socialist modes of mobility are replaced by a culture of privately owned cars.
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Driving Modernity - Technology, Experts, Politics, And Fascist Motorways, 1922-1943

by Massimo Moraglio

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 Recounts the twisting fortunes of the autostrada, which Italian authorities hoped would spread an ideology of technological nationalism.. Explains how Italy ultimately failed to realize its mammoth infrastructural vision. Addresses the political and social conditions that made a coherent plan of development impossible.
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If Cars Could Walk - Postsocialist Streets In Transformation

26,43€ + 10% CARD

 Addressing the transformation of street life in postsocialist cities against the backdrop of the explosive rise of car-mobility in the last 25 years, If Cars Could Walk consists of ethnographic case studies documenting changes in these cities as former socialist modes of mobility are replaced by a culture of privately owned cars.
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The Devil'S Wheels - Men And Motorcycling In The Weimar Republic

by Sasha Disko

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 During the unprecedented modernization of Germany's Weimar Republic, motorcycle culture instantiated the new link between consumption and identity. Motorcycles became symbols of masculinity and freedom that exposed the problems and allures of mass-consumption and modern values.
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Transnational Railway Cultures - Trains In Music, Literature, Film, And Visual Art

133,84€ + 10% CARD

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 Spanning five continents and a diverse range of contexts, this collection offers an unprecedentedly broad survey of global representations of trains. From experimental novels to Hollywood blockbusters, the works studied here chart fascinating routes across a remarkably varied cultural landscape.
ENGLISH

Transnational Railway Cultures - Trains In Music, Literature, Film, And Visual Art

26,43€ + 10% CARD

 Spanning five continents and a diverse range of contexts, this collection offers an unprecedentedly broad survey of global representations of trains. From experimental novels to Hollywood blockbusters, the works studied here chart fascinating routes across a remarkably varied cultural landscape.
ENGLISH

Iron Landscapes - National Space And The Railways In Interwar Czechoslovakia

by Felix Jeschke

26,43€ + 10% CARD

 Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the newly formed country of Czechoslovakia built an ambitious national rail network out of what remained of the obsolete Habsburg system. Iron Landscapes gives a nuanced account of how planners and authorities knitted together the young nation-state and articulated a Czechoslovak cosmopolitanism.
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A U-Turn To The Future - Sustainable Urban Mobility Since 1850

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 Unsustainable practices since the Industrial Revolution still impact our everyday lives. This book looks at how we can achieve sustainable urban mobility now and in the future by tapping into our knowledge of the historical trajectories leading up to the features of modern mobility in cities today.
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U-Turn To The Future - Sustainable Urban Mobility Since 1850

26,43€ + 10% CARD

 Unsustainable practices since the Industrial Revolution still impact our everyday lives. This book looks at how we can achieve sustainable urban mobility now and in the future by tapping into our knowledge of the historical trajectories leading up to the features of modern mobility in cities today.
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Driving Modernity - Technology, Experts, Politics, And Fascist Motorways, 1922-1943

by Massimo Moraglio

33,39€ + 10% CARD

 Recounts the twisting fortunes of the autostrada, which Italian authorities hoped would spread an ideology of technological nationalism.. Explains how Italy ultimately failed to realize its mammoth infrastructural vision. Addresses the political and social conditions that made a coherent plan of development impossible.
ENGLISH

Devil'S Wheels - Men And Motorcycling In The Weimar Republic

by Sasha Disko

21,13€ + 10% CARD

 During the unprecedented modernization of Germany's Weimar Republic, motorcycle culture instantiated the new link between consumption and identity. Motorcycles became symbols of masculinity and freedom that exposed the problems and allures of mass-consumption and modern values.
ENGLISH

Atlantic Automobilism - Emergence And Persistence Of The Car, 1895-1940

by Gijs Mom

52,99€ + 10% CARD

 Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our knowledge about the emergence and persistence of the car, using a broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs...
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Run To The Western Shore - Â€˜Surprising, Poignant, Elementalâ€™ Novel From Award-Winning Author

by Tim Pears

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A U-Turn To The Future - Sustainable Urban Mobility Since 1850

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 Unsustainable practices since the Industrial Revolution still impact our everyday lives. This book looks at how we can achieve sustainable urban mobility now and in the future by tapping into our knowledge of the historical trajectories leading up to the features of modern mobility in cities today.
ENGLISH

Iron Landscapes - National Space And The Railways In Interwar Czechoslovakia

by Felix Jeschke

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 Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the newly formed country of Czechoslovakia built an ambitious national rail network out of what remained of the obsolete Habsburg system. Iron Landscapes gives a nuanced account of how planners and authorities knitted together the young nation-state and articulated a Czechoslovak cosmopolitanism.
ENGLISH

Protests, Land Rights, And Riots - Postcolonial Struggles In Australia In The 1980s

by Barry Morris

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 The 1970s saw the Aboriginal people of Australia struggle for recognition of their postcolonial rights. Rural communities, where large Aboriginal populations lived, were provoked as a consequence of social fragmentation, unparalleled unemployment, and other major economic and political changes.

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