Dream Super-Express: (Record no. 14896)
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| fixed length control field | 02427nam a22002177a 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | BDCtgAUW |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250913171241.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781503610385 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | BDCtgAUW |
| Transcribing agency | BDCtgAUW |
| Modifying agency | BDCtgAUW |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | HE3360.T6 A24 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Abel, Jessamyn R. |
| Relator term | Author |
| 9 (RLIN) | 78380 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Dream Super-Express: |
| Remainder of title | A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 289 pages; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Tōkaidō Shinkansen (High speed train) |
| General subdivision | History |
| 9 (RLIN) | 78381 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | High speed trains |
| General subdivision | Social aspects |
| -- | History |
| Geographic subdivision | Japan |
| 9 (RLIN) | 78382 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Railroads |
| General subdivision | Social aspects |
| -- | History |
| Geographic subdivision | Japan |
| 9 (RLIN) | 78383 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Technology |
| General subdivision | Social aspects |
| -- | History |
| Geographic subdivision | Japan |
| 9 (RLIN) | 78384 |
| 887 ## - NON-MARC INFORMATION FIELD | |
| Source of data | 8 |
| Content of non-MARC field | Papia Akter |
| 888 ## - | |
| -- | 8 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Non-fiction | Asian University for Women Library | Asian University for Women Library | Japanese Corner | 11/09/2025 | Embassy of Japan | HE3360.T6 A24 | 033081 | 13/09/2025 | 13/09/2025 | Books |