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024 7 _a10.1515/9789048521166
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9789048521166
035 _a(DE-B1597)517674
035 _a(OCoLC)751963309
040 _aDE-B1597
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082 0 4 _a385.094945
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aSchueler, Judith
_eautore
245 1 0 _aMaterialising identity :
_bThe co-construction of the Gotthard Railway and Swiss national identity /
_cJudith Schueler.
264 1 _aAmsterdam :
_bAmsterdam University Press,
_c[2009]
264 4 _c©2009
300 _a1 online resource (197 p.)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aTechnology and European History ;
_v1
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tTable of contents --
_tIntroduction: The Gotthard as a national image --
_t1. National building practices at stake --
_t2. Celebrating the Gotthard Railway --
_t3. Travelling the Gotthard --
_t4. Re-writing history --
_tConclusion --
_tEpilogue --
_tEndnotes --
_tBibliography --
_tSummary
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
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520 _aSince 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 illustrate to what extent historical actors co-constructed the railway and Swiss identity, the book starts with an engineering discussion about tunneling methods. Then it examines reactions in Switerland to the inauguration of the railway line. Subsequently, it describes how the railway line was portrayed in travel guides of the belle poque. The last chapter captures the glory days of the Gotthard myth, before and during the Second World War, with a focus on novels and plays in which the Gotthard Tunnel construction occurs. This historical overview offers insight into the multiple roles that technology plays in the construction of a sense of national identity.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
650 4 _aHistory, Art History, and Archaeology.
650 4 _aHistory.
650 7 _aHISTORY / General.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9789048521166?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048521166
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