Table of Contents

Introduction

Ghost Trains, Bioscopes and the Emergence of ‘Mass’ Entertainment

2. Ambulance Trains and Domestic Conflict in the First World War

3. Train Crashes, Cinema Fires and Deserving Women

4. Child Evacuees and Rural Modernity in the Second World War

5. Women Porters, Projectionettes and Gendered Labour in Wartime

6. The Cinema Train, Modernity and Empire

Conclusion

Promotional Information

The first study to contextualise fully the changes brought about by railways and cinema, and demonstrate the resultant impact on everyday life.

About the Author

Rebecca Harrison is a lecturer in British cinema at the University of Glasgow. She received her PhD from University College London, UCL, and has presented her research in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences internationally.

Reviews

A delightful book to read from start to finish … fascinating.
*Film Matters*