Technology and the Culture of Modernity in Britain and Germany, 1890 - 194

Informationen zum Autor Bernhard Rieger is Assistant Professor of History at the International University Bremen. He has coedited Meanings of Modernity: Britain from the Late-Victorian Era to World War II (2001) with Martin J. Daunton. Klappentext A comparative history of the cultural impact of technological change in Britian and Germany from 1890 until 1945. Zusammenfassung An examination of the obsession for new technology in Britain and Germany between 1890 and 1945. It explains how Germans and Britons nurtured a fascination for aviation! glamorous passenger liners and film as they lived through profound social transformations and two wars. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. 'Modern Wonders': technological innovation and public ambivalence; 3. Accidents: the physical risks of technology; 4. Elusive illusions: the cultural and political properties of film; 5. Pilots as popular heroes: risk, gender and the aeroplane; 6. 'Floating palaces': passenger liners as objects of pleasure; 7. Fantasy as social practice: the rise of amateur film; 8. Technology and the nation in Britain and Germany; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography.

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• Authors: Bernhard Rieger, Bernhard (International University Bremen) Rieger, Rieger Bernhard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521093149
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09314-9
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: New Studies in European History; New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; HISTORY / Social History, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1900 to c 1909, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)