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The Railways: Nation, Network and the People by Simon Bradley |
Bradley explores the social, linguistic and cultural impact of train travel from its earliest days. We read that the system of classes of travel used by the railways helped to establish the concept of class in the broader social sense. The converging experience of train travel became one of the greatest instances of social levelling in our history whereas reading a novel or paper helped to pass the time and avoid interaction with fellow passengers.
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 80 Spring 2016 ) |
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