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Jessamyn R. Abel Dream super-express
a cultural history of the world's first bullet train
"A symbol of the "new Japan" displayed at World's Fairs, depicted in travel posters, and celebrated as the product of a national spirit of innovation, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen--the first bullet train, dubbed the "dream super-express"--represents the bold aspirations of a nation rebranding itself after military defeat, but also the deep problems caused by the unbridled postwar drive for economic growth. At the dawn of the space age, how could a train become such an important symbol? In Dream Super-Express,...
Non-fictie
Engels | 289 pagina's | Stanford University Press, Stanford, California | 2022
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Murray Hughes The second age of rail
a history of high-speed trains
Historisch overzicht in woord en beeld van van hogesnelheidstreinen over heel de wereld.
Non-fictie
Engels | 176 pagina's | The History Press, Gloucestershire | 2015
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Hogesnelheidstreinen