An examination how the bicycle as a symbol of modernity and social status fits into the larger picture of change and progress in a period of dramatic economic, social, and technological flux.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 796.6/0971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 0802043984 9781442679351
- LCCN
- GV1040.5
- LCCN Item number
- N67 2001eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOTU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 288 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00600577 (OCoLC)244768766 (CaOOCEL)418140
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOTU
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Illustrations 10
- Preface 14
- 1 Modernity and the Bicycle 20
- 2 The Bicycle Carrier Wave 58
- 3 Modern Manufacturing: From Artisanal Production to Mass Production 106
- 4 Bells and Whistles: The Bicycle Accessory Industry 138
- 5 Bad Roads, Good Roads 166
- 6 The Cycling Crowd: Modern Life on Wheels 196
- 7 Larger Spaces and Visible Places 228
- 8 Pedaller's Progress: The Bicycle and Modernity 264
- Notes 274
- Select Bibliography 292
- Illustration Credits 300
- Index 302
- A 302
- B 302
- C 303
- D 303
- E 303
- F 303
- G 303
- H 303
- I 303
- K 303
- L 304
- M 304
- N 304
- O 304
- P 304
- R 304
- S 304
- T 305
- V 305
- W 305
- Z 305
