Introduction
Ghost Trains, Bioscopes and the Emergence of ‘Mass’
Entertainment
2. Ambulance Trains and Domestic Conflict in the First World
War
3. Train Crashes, Cinema Fires and Deserving Women
4. Child Evacuees and Rural Modernity in the Second World War
5. Women Porters, Projectionettes and Gendered Labour in
Wartime
6. The Cinema Train, Modernity and Empire
Conclusion
The first study to contextualise fully the changes brought about by railways and cinema, and demonstrate the resultant impact on everyday life.
Rebecca Harrison is a lecturer in British cinema at the University of Glasgow. She received her PhD from University College London, UCL, and has presented her research in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences internationally.
A delightful book to read from start to finish … fascinating.
*Film Matters*
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