Beijing Underground: Modernity, Aesthetics and Technology in the Subway

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Author(s): Shiye Fu
Publisher: Columbia University
Year: 2016

Language: English
Pages: 101
City: New York

Introduction. 4
Chapter One: A Brief History of Underground Railways in Beijing. 12
Chapter Two: The Past: The Underground Uncanny. 28
Chapter Three: The Present: The Strangers in the Metro. 51
Chapter Four: The Future is Now: Speed Obsession and the Derailment. 74
Epilogue. 95
Bibliography. 99