Tube time: how the subterranean city got faster by design

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    Abstract

    This chapter develops the theme of speed, addressing the ways in which the expansion of the underground railway network in London changed city dwellers' experience of time.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationDesign, history & time
    Subtitle of host publicationnew temporalities in a digital age
    EditorsZoe Hendon, Anne Massey
    Place of PublicationLondon, U.K.
    PublisherBloomsbury Visual Arts
    ISBN (Print)9781350060654
    Publication statusPublished - 2019

    Bibliographical note

    Impact: The chapter presents new knowledge and unpublished media documenting the relationship between technology and travel on the Underground railway system of twentieth century London. It combines relevant theories and concepts in this largely ignored field.

    Keywords

    • Town and country planning

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