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- Title British Railway Enthusiasm
- Author Ian Carter
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Manchester University Press, Manchester
- Date 2008
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780719065668 / 0719065666
- Library of Congress subjects Nostalgia - Great Britain, Trainspotting - Social aspects - Great
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009285110
- Dewey Decimal Code 385.094
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British Railway Enthusiasm (Studies in Popular Culture)
by Carter, Ian
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Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4", xii, 316 pages, table, 2 maps, [29] figures, bibliography. 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…
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