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British Railway Enthusiasm

British Railway Enthusiasm

Carter, Ian

Paperback

Series: Studies in Popular Culture

TrainsBritish HistoryPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 0719065674
ISBN13: 9780719065675
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Jul 31 2014
Pages: 332
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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.

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