{"product_id":"riding-the-new-york-subway-isbn-9780262542012","title":"Riding the New York Subway","description":"\u003cb\u003eA history of New York subway passengers as they navigated the system's constraints while striving for individuality, or at least a smooth ride.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.Preface to the English Edition xi \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xv \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1 \u003cbr\u003e1 Utopian Passengers 21 \u003cbr\u003e2 Machines and the Masses 73 \u003cbr\u003e3 Techniques of the Senses 133 \u003cbr\u003e4 Lonely Robots 187 \u003cbr\u003e5 Crisis and Complaint 213 \u003cbr\u003e6 Limits of Containment 257 \u003cbr\u003eNotes 273 \u003cbr\u003eBibliography 339 \u003cbr\u003eIndex 367“In this rich and fascinating study, Stefan Höhne immerses us in the world of the New York subway system, using the figure of the modern passenger as a focal point for his analysis.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMatthew Gandy, Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Höhne’s meticulous excavation reveals the rituals and rationality of one of the key innovations of modern urbanism, showing how the New York subway system became both a technology of power and the city’s most anxiety-ridden public space.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSharon Zukin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Innovation Complex: Cities, Tech, and the New Economy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cu\u003eRiding the New York Subway\u003c\/u\u003e is a fascinating complement to traditional infrastructure studies. Viewing that famous conveyance through subway passenger culture, it provides insight on how we respond to technology in our daily lives.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMartin V. Melosi, author of \u003ci\u003eFresh Kills: A History of Consuming and Discarding in New York City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eStefan Höhne is a a cultural historian of urbanization and technology and a Mercator Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen, Germany.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44886370943205,"sku":"NP9780262542012","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262542012.jpg?v=1767735782","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/riding-the-new-york-subway-isbn-9780262542012","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}