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Author Schueler, Judith.

Title Materialising identity : the co-construction of the Gotthard Railway and Swiss national identity / Judith Schueler
Published Amsterdam : Aksant, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (197 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
Series Technology and European history series ; 1
Technology and European history series ; 1.
Contents The Gotthard as a national image -- National building practices at stake -- Celebrating the Gotthard Railway -- Travelling the Gotthard Chapter -- Re-writing history
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
Notes "This publication is made possible by: Eindhoven University of Technology, Foundation for the History of Technology, Unger- Van Brero Fonds."--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-194)
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Gotthardbahn -- History
SUBJECT Gotthardbahn fast
Al-Balqa' Applied University Al-Salt gnd
Gotthardbahn (Firma) idszbz
Subject National characteristics, Swiss.
TRANSPORTATION -- Railroads -- History.
HISTORY -- General.
National characteristics, Swiss
Nationalbewusstsein
Nationalbewusstsein.
Eisenbahnbau.
Nationalbewusstsein -- Gotthardbahn -- Bau -- Schweiz.
Nationalbewusstsein -- Gotthardbahn -- Bau -- Schweiz.
SUBJECT Gotthard-Strassentunnel (Airolo and Göschenen, Switzerland) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87006469
Subject Switzerland -- Gotthard-Strassentunnel (Airolo and Göschenen)
Gotthardbahn
Schweiz
Gotthard.
Gotthardbahn -- Bau -- Nationalbewusstsein -- Schweiz.
Schweiz -- Gotthardbahn -- Bau -- Nationalbewusstsein.
Gotthardbahn -- Bau -- Nationalbewusstsein -- Schweiz.
Schweiz -- Gotthardbahn -- Bau -- Nationalbewusstsein.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.
Stichting Historie der Techniek.
LC no. 2008478743
ISBN 9789048521166
9048521165
1283259605
9781283259606
9786613259608
6613259608
Other Titles Materializing identity
Co-construction of the Gotthard Railway and Swiss national identity