Carter British railway enthusiasm

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2974-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Studies in Popular Culture

The first book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. The postwar train spotting craze swept most boys (and some girls, despite railways being coded as a male business) into a passion for railways. These people invigorated different sectors in railway enthusiasm’s life world - from railway modelling to Britain’s huge preserved railway industry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carter, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: The railway enthusiast’s life-world
2. The railway book (and magazine) mania
3. Associated life
4. Train spotter: the last pariah
5. Preserved lines: playing trains or running a business?
6. Blood on the tracks

7. Modelling and engineering
8. The rise and fall of the toy train empire
9. Standards, schism and skill: exclusive brethren
10. A dying fall?
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carter Ian:

Ian Carter is Professor of Sociology at University of AucklandIan Carter is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland