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Author: Alisa Freedman Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 0804771456 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 350
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This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism.
Author: Alisa Freedman Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 0804771456 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 350
Book Description
This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism.
Author: Michael Fisch Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 022655869X Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 315
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“An astute account of [Tokyo’s] commuter train network . . . and an intellectually stimulating invitation to rethink the interaction between humans and machines.” —Japan Forum With its infamously packed cars and disciplined commuters, Tokyo’s commuter train network is one of the most complex technical infrastructures on Earth. In An Anthropology of the Machine, Michael Fisch provides a nuanced perspective on how Tokyo’s commuter train network embodies the lived realities of technology in our modern world. Drawing on his fine-grained knowledge of transportation, work, and everyday life in Tokyo, Fisch shows how fitting into a system that operates on the extreme edge of sustainability can take a physical and emotional toll on a community while also creating a collective way of life—one with unique limitations and possibilities. An Anthropology of the Machine is a creative ethnographic study of the culture, history, and experience of commuting in Tokyo. At the same time, it is a theoretically ambitious attempt to think through our very relationship with technology and our possible ecological futures. Fisch provides an unblinking glimpse into what it might be like to inhabit a future in which more and more of our infrastructure—and the planet itself—will have to operate beyond capacity to accommodate our ever-growing population. “Not a ‘rage against the machine’ but an urge to find new ways of coexisting with technology.” —Contemporary Japan “An extraordinary study.” —Ethnos “A fascinating in-depth account of the innovations, inventions, sacrifices, and creativity required to ensure Tokyo’s millions of commuters keep rolling. It also provides much food for thought as our transportation systems become increasingly reliant on automated technology.” —Pacific Affairs
Author: Tom Parkinson Publisher: Transportation Research Board ISBN: 9780309057189 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 212
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Investigates and quantifies the variables that affect the maximum passenger carrying capacity of rail transit in four categories-- rail rapid transit (heavy rail), light rail transit, commuter rail, and automated guideway transit (AGT)--in North America.
Author: Alisa Freedman
Author: Alisa Freedman
Author: Garry Bassin
Author: Michael Fisch
Author: Garry Bassin
Author: Tokyo (Japan) Transportation Bureau
Author: Japan Publication Trading Company
Author: ギャリー・バッサン
Author: Garry Bassin
Author: Tokyo (Japan). Kōtsūkyoku
Author: Tom Parkinson