Stefan Hohne - Riding the New York Subway: The Invention of the Modern Passenger

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S tefan H hne

T he MIT P ress

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This translation 2021 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Originally published as New York City Subway: Die Erfindung des urbanen Passagiers, by Bhlau Verlag: 2017 Bhlau Verlag, GmbH & Cie, Kln Weimar Wien Ursulaplatz 1, D-50668 Kln, www.boehlau-verlag.com

The translation of the this work was funded by Geisteswissenschaften International Translation Funding for Work in Humanities and Social Sciences from Germany, a joint initiative of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, the German Federal Foreign Office, the collecting society VG Wort and the Brsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers & Booksellers Association).

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hhne , Stefan, author.

Title: Riding the New York subway : the invention of the modern passenger / Stefan

Hhne .

Other titles: New York City subway. English | Infrastructures series.

Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021] | Series: Infrastructures series | Originally published as New York City Subway: Die Erfindung des urbanen Passagiers, by Bhlau Verlag: 2017 Bhlau Verlagtitle page verso. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020012668 | ISBN 9780262542012 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: SubwaysNew York (State)New YorkHistory20th century. | Urban transportationNew York (State)New YorkHistory20th century. | SubwaysSocial aspectsNew York (State)New YorkHistory20th century. | Human-machine systemsNew York (State)New YorkHistory20th century.

Classification: LCC HE4491.N65 H6513 2021 | DDC 388.4/2097471dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020012668

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