Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | Materializing identity Co-construction of the Gotthard Railway and Swiss national identity
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Other authors / contributors: | Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.
Stichting Historie der Techniek.
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ISBN: | 9789048521166 9048521165 9789052603025 9052603022 1283259605 9781283259606 9786613259608 6613259608
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | "This publication is made possible by: Eindhoven University of Technology, Foundation for the History of Technology, Unger- Van Brero Fonds."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-194). English. Print version record.
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Summary: | Since 1882, the Gotthard Railway, with its fifteen-kilometer long tunnel under the Gotthard Mountains, has provided a crucial international link through the Swiss Alps, between North-Western Europe and Italy. Its symbolic meaning has never sunk into oblivion. In Swiss society today, references to the railway evoke images of a technological railway project, with allusions to Swiss history, alpine nature, and national identity. Reading this book helps us understand contemporary discussions about the future of the Gotthard Railway, the region in which it lies, and the Swiss national identity. To.
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Other form: | Print version: Schueler, Judith. Materialising identity. Amsterdam : Aksant, 2008 9789052603025
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Standard no.: | 10.1515/9789048521166
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