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Now available in paperback, 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 will ensure that this groundbreaking text remains a key work in transport studies, and will appeal to enthusiasts as much as to students and scholars of transport and cultural history.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: British Railway Enthusiasm
• Author: Ian Carter
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332
• EAN: 9780719065675
• ISBN: 0719065674
• ID: 04647676
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Weight: 498 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 157 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. July 2014

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