Abstract
1. Introduction 2. 'Modern Wonders': technological innovation and public ambivalence 3. Accidents: the physical risks of technology 4. Elusive illusions: the cultural and political properties of film 5. Pilots as popular heroes: risk, gender and the aeroplane 6. 'Floating palaces': passenger liners as objects of pleasure 7. Fantasy as social practice: the rise of amateur film 8. Technology and the nation in Britain and Germany 9. Conclusion Bibliography.
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