1st Edition
Materialising identity The co-construction of the Gotthard Railway and Swiss national identity
By Judith Schueler
Copyright 2009
197 Pages
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Routledge
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Since its opening in 1882, the Gotthard Railway with its 15-kilometer long tunnel under the Gotthard Mountains, provides a crucial international link through the Swiss Alps, between North-Western Europe and Italy. In contrast to many other railway lines, its symbolic meaning has never sunk into oblivion. In Swiss society today, references to the Gotthard myth are multifaceted and omnipresent. Not... Read more
Introduction, The Gotthard as a national image, Chapter 1 National building practices at stake, Chapter 2 Celebrating the Gotthard Railway, Chapter 3 Travelling the Gotthard, Chapter 4 Re-writing history, Conclusion, Epilogue, Endnotes, Bibliography, Summary.
Biography
Judith Schueler
