![]() ![]() ![]() In a highly original and engaging fashion, Schivelbusch discusses the ways in which our perceptions of distance, time, autonomy, speed and risk were altered by railway travel. In The Railway Journey, Schivelbusch examines the origins of this industrialized consciousness by exploring the reaction in the nineteenth century to the first dramatic avatar of technological change, the railroad. But this was not always the case as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our adaptation to technological change-the development of our modern, industrialized consciousness-was very much a learned behavior. The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. Railway Accident, 'Railway Spine' and Traumatic Neurosis. The Pathology of the Railroad Journey Excursus: Industrial Fatigue ![]() The American Railroad Transporation Before the Railroad The Construction of the Railroad The New Type of Carriage River Steamboat and Canal Packet as Models for the American Railroad Car Sea Voyage on Rails Postscript The Compartment The End of Converstaion while Traveling Isolation Drama in the Compartment The Compartment as a Problem Railroad Space and Railroad Time Excursus: The Space of Glass Architecture
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