Riding the New York Subway: The Invention of the Modern Passenger

Riding the New York Subway: The Invention of the Modern Passenger
ISBN-10
026236199X
ISBN-13
9780262361996
Category
Social Science
Pages
400
Language
English
Published
2021-02-16
Publisher
MIT Press
Author
Stefan Hohne

Description

A history of New York subway passengers as they navigated the system's constraints while striving for individuality, or at least a smooth ride. When the subway first opened with much fanfare on October 27, 1904, New York became a city of underground passengers almost overnight. In this book, Stefan Höhne examines how the experiences of subway passengers in New York City were intertwined with cultural changes in urban mass society throughout the twentieth century. Höhne argues that underground transportation--which early passengers found both exhilarating and distressing--changed perceptions, interactions, and the organization of everyday life.

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