British Railway Enthusiasm (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780719065675)

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.

Author: Ian Carter
ISBN-10: 0719065674
ISBN-13: 9780719065675
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/31/2014
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d