Author: George Frost Kennan
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400843855
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
In 1918 the U.S. government decided to involve itself with the Russian Revolution by sending troops to Siberia. This book re-creates that unhappily memorable storythe arrival of British marines at Murmansk, the diplomatic maneuvering, the growing Russian hostility, the uprising of Czechoslovak troops in central Siberia which threatened to overturn the Bolsheviks, the acquisitive ambitions of the Japanese in Manchuria, and finally the decision by President Wilson to intervene with American troops. Of this period Kennan writes, "Never, surely, in the history of American diplomacy, has so much been paid for so little."
Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920, Volume II
Author: George Frost Kennan
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400843855
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
In 1918 the U.S. government decided to involve itself with the Russian Revolution by sending troops to Siberia. This book re-creates that unhappily memorable storythe arrival of British marines at Murmansk, the diplomatic maneuvering, the growing Russian hostility, the uprising of Czechoslovak troops in central Siberia which threatened to overturn the Bolsheviks, the acquisitive ambitions of the Japanese in Manchuria, and finally the decision by President Wilson to intervene with American troops. Of this period Kennan writes, "Never, surely, in the history of American diplomacy, has so much been paid for so little."
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400843855
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
In 1918 the U.S. government decided to involve itself with the Russian Revolution by sending troops to Siberia. This book re-creates that unhappily memorable storythe arrival of British marines at Murmansk, the diplomatic maneuvering, the growing Russian hostility, the uprising of Czechoslovak troops in central Siberia which threatened to overturn the Bolsheviks, the acquisitive ambitions of the Japanese in Manchuria, and finally the decision by President Wilson to intervene with American troops. Of this period Kennan writes, "Never, surely, in the history of American diplomacy, has so much been paid for so little."
The Railway Journey
Author: Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520282264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. But this was not always the case; as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our adaptation to technological change—the development of our modern, industrialized consciousness—was very much a learned behavior. In The Railway Journey, Schivelbusch examines the origins of this industrialized consciousness by exploring the reaction in the nineteenth century to the first dramatic avatar of technological change, the railroad. In a highly original and engaging fashion, Schivelbusch discusses the ways in which our perceptions of distance, time, autonomy, speed, and risk were altered by railway travel. As a history of the surprising ways in which technology and culture interact, this book covers a wide range of topics, including the changing perception of landscapes, the death of conversation while traveling, the problematic nature of the railway compartment, the space of glass architecture, the pathology of the railway journey, industrial fatigue and the history of shock, and the railroad and the city. Belonging to a distinguished European tradition of critical sociology best exemplified by the work of Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin, The Railway Journey is anchored in rich empirical data and full of striking insights about railway travel, the industrial revolution, and technological change. Now updated with a new preface, The Railway Journey is an invaluable resource for readers interested in nineteenth-century culture and technology and the prehistory of modern media and digitalization.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520282264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. But this was not always the case; as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our adaptation to technological change—the development of our modern, industrialized consciousness—was very much a learned behavior. In The Railway Journey, Schivelbusch examines the origins of this industrialized consciousness by exploring the reaction in the nineteenth century to the first dramatic avatar of technological change, the railroad. In a highly original and engaging fashion, Schivelbusch discusses the ways in which our perceptions of distance, time, autonomy, speed, and risk were altered by railway travel. As a history of the surprising ways in which technology and culture interact, this book covers a wide range of topics, including the changing perception of landscapes, the death of conversation while traveling, the problematic nature of the railway compartment, the space of glass architecture, the pathology of the railway journey, industrial fatigue and the history of shock, and the railroad and the city. Belonging to a distinguished European tradition of critical sociology best exemplified by the work of Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin, The Railway Journey is anchored in rich empirical data and full of striking insights about railway travel, the industrial revolution, and technological change. Now updated with a new preface, The Railway Journey is an invaluable resource for readers interested in nineteenth-century culture and technology and the prehistory of modern media and digitalization.
Bulletin of the International Railway Association
Author: International Railway Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 2260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 2260
Book Description
The Railway Journey
Author: Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520059290
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520059290
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of Parliament: Works relating to America. Pamphlets and manuscripts
Author: Canada. Library of Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Engineering Abstracts
Catalogue of the Library of the Engineer Department, United States Army, 1881
The American Railroad Passenger Car
Author: John H. White
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801827477
Category : Railroad passenger cars
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Hailed since its publication as the definitive - and most opulent - book on the subject, The American Railroad Passenger Car is now made available in an unabridged two-part softcover edition.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801827477
Category : Railroad passenger cars
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Hailed since its publication as the definitive - and most opulent - book on the subject, The American Railroad Passenger Car is now made available in an unabridged two-part softcover edition.
Catalogue of Library of Engineer Department, U.S. Army
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Engineer Department, United States Army ...
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description