Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (793 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814787169 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 309 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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He received his Ph.D. in Cultural Sciences from the Bauhaus University Weimar, and teaches cultural studies in Berlin and Lucerne, Switzerland.. Andreas Bernard is editor of Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s largest daily newspaper
Fans of Wolfgang Schivelbusch's The Railway Journey may especially find it appealing."-Library Journal,Brian Odom, Birmingham, AL Library“Many readers will indeed get a lift from Lifted. It is a very special book thoroughly researched and clearly written, and about a subject of great historical interest to a diverse group of academic scholars as well as lay readers.”-Journal of American Culture"Andreas Bernard ambitiously explores the relationship between an important technological innovation and its effect upon the imaginative capacities of the residents of European and American cities. Whoever reads this book will view the world’s elevators with different eyes.”-Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung"Lifted is a spaciously researched and thought-out popular history. But in this translation by Dollenmayer (German language & literature, Worcester Polytechn
Invented in New York in the 1850s, the elevator became an urban fact of life on both sides of the Atlantic by the early twentieth century. Rising upwards through modernity, Lifted takes the reader on a compelling ride through the history of the elevator. . Combining technological and architectural history with the literary and cinematic, Bernard opens up new ways of looking at the elevator--as a secular confessional when stalled between floors or as a recurring space in which couples fall in love. While it may at first glance seem a modest innovation, it had wide-ranging effects, from fundamentally restructuring building design to reinforcing social class hierarchies by moving luxury apartments to upper levels, previously the domain of the lower classes. The cramped elevator cabin itself served as a reflection of life
Interesting book. I would have given it 5 stars Mark E Interesting book. I would have given it 5 stars but there were not many illustrations and pictures which would have helped.. Amazon Customer said Five Stars. thoroughly enjoyable. Fascinating read about the uplifting elevatorand an excellent translation I'd never have thought that I would find a book about elevators so interesting. Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator by Andreas Bernard, translated by David Dollenmayer, made the technical aspects of elevators as well as their cultural importance a page-turner. I must commend the translator Dollenmayer, as the text flowed as natura