Rethinking Secular Time in Victorian England

1 Introduction: Secularities, Technologies, and Modern -- Temporalities -- Challenging Secularization -- First Challenge: The Material Turn -- Second Challenge: The Temporal Turn -- Confusing Times -- Rethinking Secularization -- Overview of the Book -- Bibliography -- 2 Secular Time: Origin Story and Operationalization -- Origins of the Saeculum -- Immutable Mobiles -- Victorian Networks -- Bibliography -- 3 Railways: Tracks, Trains, and Travellers -- Moving Bodies -- Local Time -- Branching Out -- Temporal Trauma -- The Transport Machine -- Tracks -- Trains -- Travellers -- Temporal Coordination -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4 News: The Pursuit of Immediacy -- Temporality and Form -- A Printed Public Sphere -- Emerging Publics -- Environmental Resistance -- Expanding Networks -- Mobilization -- Insulation -- Printing -- Journalism Skills -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 5 Banknotes: The Money of Civilization -- Performing the Economy -- Gold Standard -- The State -- Policing the Standard -- The Bank of England -- A Network of Notes -- A Combination of the Arts -- As Good as Gold -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 6 Conclusion: A New Approach to Secularization -- Bibliography -- Index.