The first book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. The postwar train spotting craze swept most boys (and some girls, despite railways being coded as a male business) into a passion for railways. These people invigorated different sectors in railway enthusiasm's life world - from railway modelling to Britain's huge preserved railway industry.
The first book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. The postwar train spotting craze swept most boys (and some girls, despite railways being coded as a male business) into a passion for railways. These people invigorated different sectors in railway enthusiasm's life world - from railway modelling to Britain's huge preserved railway industry.
Ian Carter is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: The railway enthusiast's life-world 2. The railway book (and magazine) mania 3. Associated life 4. Train spotter: the last pariah 5. Preserved lines: playing trains or running a business? 6. Blood on the tracks 7. Modelling and engineering 8. The rise and fall of the toy train empire 9. Standards, schism and skill: exclusive brethren 10. A dying fall? Bibliography Index
1. Introduction: The railway enthusiast's life-world 2. The railway book (and magazine) mania 3. Associated life 4. Train spotter: the last pariah 5. Preserved lines: playing trains or running a business? 6. Blood on the tracks 7. Modelling and engineering 8. The rise and fall of the toy train empire 9. Standards, schism and skill: exclusive brethren 10. A dying fall? Bibliography Index
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