Description:A history of New York subway passengers as they navigated the system's constraints while striving for individuality, or at least a smooth ride.When the subway first opened with much fanfare on October 27, 1904, New York became a city of underground passengers almost overnight. In this book, Stefan H�hne examines how the experiences of subway passengers in New York City were intertwined with cultural changes in urban mass society throughout the twentieth century. H�hne argues that underground transportation--which early passengers found both exhilarating and distressing--changed perceptions, interactions, and the organization of everyday life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Riding the New York Subway: The Invention of the Modern Passenger (Infrastructures). To get started finding Riding the New York Subway: The Invention of the Modern Passenger (Infrastructures), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Riding the New York Subway: The Invention of the Modern Passenger (Infrastructures)
Description: A history of New York subway passengers as they navigated the system's constraints while striving for individuality, or at least a smooth ride.When the subway first opened with much fanfare on October 27, 1904, New York became a city of underground passengers almost overnight. In this book, Stefan H�hne examines how the experiences of subway passengers in New York City were intertwined with cultural changes in urban mass society throughout the twentieth century. H�hne argues that underground transportation--which early passengers found both exhilarating and distressing--changed perceptions, interactions, and the organization of everyday life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Riding the New York Subway: The Invention of the Modern Passenger (Infrastructures). To get started finding Riding the New York Subway: The Invention of the Modern Passenger (Infrastructures), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.