British railway enthusiasm

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Manchester University Press
Ian Carter, series edited by Jeffrey Richards
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The first book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. The postwar train spotting craze swept most boys (and some girls, despite railways being coded as a male business) into a passion for railways. These people invigorated different sectors in railway enthusiasm's life world - from railway modelling to Britain's huge preserved railway industry. -- .

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Ian Carter is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland

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