Main entry:

Richards, Jeffrey, author.

Title & Author:

The railway station : a social history / Jeffrey Richards and John M. MacKenzie.

Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
©1986

Description:

xix, 440 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-426) and index.
Introduction: the mystique of the failway station -- The station in architecture (1): Britain and Europe -- The station in architecture (2): The Americas -- The station in architecture (3): Asia, Australasia, and Africa -- The station and society -- The station in politics -- Class, race, and sex -- Some station types -- The station in the economy (1): Britain and Europe -- The station in the economy (2): The non-European world -- The station as place of work -- The station in wartime (1): the nineteenth century -- The station in wartime (2): The twentieth century -- The usual offices -- The station in painting and poetry, postcard and poster -- The station in literature and film.

Summary:

This delightful and wide-ranging compendium' (Books and Bookmen) captures the mystique of railway stations by crossing the disciplines of history, literature, art, and architecture in a sweeping global survey unique in its scope.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0192158767
9780192158765

Subject:

Railroad stations Social aspects.
Gares Aspect social.
Bahnhof
Sozialgeschichte
Stationsgebouwen.
Sociale aspecten.
Railways Stations, to 1985. Social aspects

Added entries:

MacKenzie, John M., author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 123721
Call No.: ID:86-B5295
Status: Available