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The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the 19th Century

Wolfgang Schivelbusch

Start date: December 6, 2017

Finish date: February 7, 2018

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Jan 09, 2018 ambyr rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: in-translation, authorㅡmale, book-club, acquiredㅡfrom-work, genreㅡnonfiction, i-am-exactly-the-right-audience, genreㅡnonfictionㅡtransit

I liked this best when it was focused on, well, railroads, and least when it shifted to being a general Marxist critique of industrialization. I mean, I am in fact interested in Marxist critiques of industrialization, but if that's what you want to write, I think you need a longer book, not a few chapters pasted on at the end. Likewise I found the discussion of "shock" as a medical phenomenon valuable, but I wish it had been better-integrated into the rest of the book.

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Mar 29, 2018 Vipassana marked it as to-read

Shelves: history, essays, non-fiction, owned-books, sociology, urbanism, transportation

Feb 05, 2018 kelly rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Oct 14, 2018 DW Rowlands marked it as to-read

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