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100	1		_aAbel, Jessamyn R., _d1970- _eauthor. _961227
245	1	0	_aDream super-express : _ba cultural history of the world's first bullet train / _cJessamyn R. Abel.
260			_aStanford, California : _bStanford University Press, _c2022.
300			_aix, 289 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
490	1		_aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	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.
520			_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"--
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650		0	_aTōkaidō Shinkansen (High speed train) _xHistory. _961228
650		0	_aHigh speed trains _xSocial aspects _zJapan _xHistory. _961229
650		0	_aRailroads _xSocial aspects _zJapan _xHistory. _961230
650		0	_aTechnology _xSocial aspects _zJapan _xHistory. _961231
651		0	_aJapan _xHistory _y1945-1989. _961232
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aAbel, Jessamyn R., 1970- _tDream super-express. _dStanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2022 _z9781503629950 _w(DLC) 2021019538
830		0	_aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. _960986
852	1		_aAyesha Abed Library _cGeneral Stacks
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