From Steam to Screen: Cinema, the Railways and Modernity
Rebecca Harrison
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Description for From Steam to Screen: Cinema, the Railways and Modernity
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; KNGT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
In late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain, there was widespread fascination with the technological transformations wrought by modernity. Films, newspapers and literature told astonishing stories about technology, such as locomotives breaking speed records and moving images seemingly springing into life onscreen. And, whether in films about train travel, or in newspaper articles about movie theatres on trains, stories about the convergence of the railway and cinema were especially prominent. Together, the two technologies radically transformed how people interacted with the world around them, and became crucial to how British media reflected the nation's modernity and changing role within the ... Read more
In late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain, there was widespread fascination with the technological transformations wrought by modernity. Films, newspapers and literature told astonishing stories about technology, such as locomotives breaking speed records and moving images seemingly springing into life onscreen. And, whether in films about train travel, or in newspaper articles about movie theatres on trains, stories about the convergence of the railway and cinema were especially prominent. Together, the two technologies radically transformed how people interacted with the world around them, and became crucial to how British media reflected the nation's modernity and changing role within the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784539153
SKU
V9781784539153
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About Rebecca Harrison
Rebecca Harrison is a lecturer in British cinema at the University of Glasgow. She received her PhD from University College London, UCL, and has presented her research in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences internationally.
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