Technology and the Culture of Modernity in Britain and Germany, 1890-1945

by Bernhard Rieger

Book Overview

This book examines the obsession for new technology that swept through Britain and Germany between 1890 and 1945. Drawing on a wide range of popular contemporary writings and pictorial material, it explains how, despite frequently feeling overwhelmed by innovations, Germans and Britons nurtured a long-lasting fascination for aviation, glamorous passenger liners and film as they lived through profound social transformations and two vicious wars. Public...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521093147
• ISBN13: 9780521093149
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"