Conductores, pasajeros, peatones
(August 2023)
(August 2023)
Tomás Errázuriz
Softcover
17 x 24 cm | 214 pp.
Spanish
ISBN 978-956-6204-05-3
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Softcover
17 x 24 cm | 214 pp.
Spanish
ISBN 978-956-6204-05-3
Santiago was not always the way we know it today: the city of travellers who spend a significant part of their day, and even their lives, commuting to their places of work, education or consumption. Conductores, Pasajeros, Peatones ("Drivers, Passengers, Pedestrians") takes us to the Santiago of the early 20th century, where the arrival of motorised vehicles will cause great changes on various scales: from the reformulation of traffic laws, to attempts to regulate the behaviour of pedestrians; from the public perception of the driver, to the experience of the public transport traveller; from the offer of rides, to the mediatisation of traffic accidents.
“In an investigation that makes rich use of visual material and historical testimonies, Tomás Errázuriz delves into the city and society that saw the birth of the modern transit system, exploring how, throughout the twentieth century, the roles of three of its protagonists —drivers, passengers and pedestrians— were consolidated.”
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