03858nam a2200433 i 450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003201000170007302000180009002000180010802000180012603500130014404000370015704200080019404300120020205000240021408200170023810000460025524501010030126000620040230000440046449000730050850400510058150503000063252016690093252600080260165000630260965000620267265000540273465000550278865100380284377601580288183000810303985200400312094200120316099900170317295202350318945855BD-DhAAL20260609192506.0260609t2022    caua     b    001 0 eng    a  2021019537  a9781503610385  a9781503629943  a9781503629950  a22012165  aCSt/DLCbengcDLCerdadBD-DhAAL  apcc  aa-ja---00aHE3360.T6bA24 202200a385.09522231 aAbel, Jessamyn R.,d1970-eauthor.96122710aDream super-express :ba cultural history of the world's first bullet train /cJessamyn R. Abel.  aStanford, California :bStanford University Press,c2022.  aix, 289 pages :billustrations ;c23 cm1 aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction : dreams of infrastructure -- Invisible infrastructures of protest in Kyoto -- Reconstructing the Tōkaidō -- Railroad for the information society -- Nostalgia for imperial Japan -- Technology of cultural diplomacy -- Conclusion : bullet train dreams in the twenty-first century.  a"A symbol of the "new Japan" displayed at World's Fairs, depicted in travel posters, and celebrated as the product of a national spirit of innovation, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen--the first bullet train, dubbed the "dream super-express"--represents the bold aspirations of a nation rebranding itself after military defeat, but also the deep problems caused by the unbridled postwar drive for economic growth. At the dawn of the space age, how could a train become such an important symbol? In Dream Super-Express, Jessamyn Abel contends that understanding the various, often contradictory, images of the bullet train reveals how infrastructure operates beyond its intended use as a means of transportation to perform cultural and sociological functions. The multi-layered dreams surrounding this high-speed railway tell a history not only of nation-building but of resistance and disruption. Though it constituted neither a major technological leap nor a new infrastructural connection, the train enchanted, enthralled, and enraged government officials, media pundits, community activists, novelists, and filmmakers. This history of imaginations around the monumental rail system resists the commonplace story of progress to consider the tug-of-war over the significance of the new line. Is it a vision of the future or a reminder of the past, an object of international admiration or a formidable threat? Does it enable new relationships and identities or reify existing social hierarchies? Tracing the meanings assigned to high-speed rail shows how it prompted a reimagination of identity on the levels of individual, metropolis, and nation in a changing Japan"--8 aAAL 0aTōkaidō Shinkansen (High speed train)xHistory.961228 0aHigh speed trainsxSocial aspectszJapanxHistory.961229 0aRailroadsxSocial aspectszJapanxHistory.961230 0aTechnologyxSocial aspectszJapanxHistory.961231 0aJapanxHistoryy1945-1989.96123208iOnline version:aAbel, Jessamyn R., 1970-tDream super-express.dStanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2022z9781503629950w(DLC)  2021019538 0aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.9609861 aAyesha Abed LibrarycGeneral Stacks  2ddccBK  c48079d48079  00102ddc4070aBRACULbBRACULd2026-06-09eDonated by Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh, Read Japan Project 2025, The Tokyo Foundation, supported by The Nippon Foundation.l0o385.0952 ABEp3010045855r2026-06-09t1w2026-06-09yBK