The culture of time and space : 1880-1918 / Stephen Kern.

Main entry:

Kern, Stephen.

Title & Author:

The culture of time and space : 1880-1918 / Stephen Kern.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1983.

Description:

372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The nature of time -- The past -- The present -- The future -- Speed -- The nature of space -- Form -- Distance -- Direction -- Temporality of the July crisis -- The Cubist war.

Summary:

"Kern interprets this generation's revolutionized sense of past, present, and future, and of form, distance, and direction. This overview includes such figures as Proust Joyce, Mann, Wells, Gertrude Stein, Strindberg, Freud, Husserl, Apollinaire, Conrad, Picasso, and Einstein, as well as diverse sources of popular culture drawn from journals, newspapers, and magazines. It also treats new developments in personal and social relations including scientific management, assembly lines, urbanism, imperialism, and trench warfare."--Publisher's description

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0674179722
9780674179721
0674179730 (pbk.)
9780674179738 (pbk.)
0297783416
9780297783411

Subject:

Technology and civilization.
Space and time.
Civilization, Modern 19th century.
Civilization, Modern 20th century.
Technologie et civilisation.
Espace et temps.
Civilisation 19e siècle.
Civilisation 20e siècle.
Civilization, Modern.
Kultur
Philosophie
Raum
Technik
Zeit

Holdings:

Location: Library main 215856
Call No.: CB478 .K4 1983
Status: Available

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