This is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. Far from a trivial topic, the postwar 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 postwar 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 ground-breaking text becomes a key work in transport studies, and will appeal to enthusiasts as much as to students and scholars of transport and cultural history.
- ISBN:
- 9780719065668
- 9780719065668
- Category:
- British & Irish history
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-02-2008
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 2.54x2.54x2.54mm
- Weight:
- 0kg
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