ISBN:
9780262288194
,
0262288192
,
9781435651906
,
1435651901
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 283 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
New ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Notes on the underground
DDC:
303.483
Keywords:
Underground areas
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Underground utility lines
;
Underground utility lines
;
Underground areas
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SCIENCE ; Philosophy & Social Aspects
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Social Aspects
;
Underground areas
;
Underground utility lines
;
Civil & Environmental Engineering
;
Engineering & Applied Sciences
;
Civil Engineering
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"In Notes on the Underground, Rosalind Williams takes us inside a critical historical moment, giving equal coverage to actual and imaginary undergrounds. She looks at the real-life invasions of the underground that occurred as modern urban infrastructures of sewers and subways were laid, and at the simultaneous archaeological excavations that were unearthing both human history and the planet's deep past. She also examines the subterranean stories of Verne, Wells, Forster, Hugo, Bulwer-Lytton, and other writers who proposed alternative visions of the coming technological civilization." "Williams argues that these imagined and real underground environments provide models of human life in a world dominated by human presence and offer a prophetic look at today's technology-dominated society."--Jacket
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-255) and index. - Description based on print version record
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