The bicycle : towards a global history

Author(s)

• Smethurst, Paul

Bibliographic Information

The bicycle : towards a global history

Paul Smethurst

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the first history of the bicycle to trace not only the technical background to its invention, but also to contrast its social and cultural impact in different parts of the world, and assess its future as a continuing global phenomenon.

Table of Contents

Contents 1. Invention 2. Mobility 3. Crossings 4. Trends and Trajectories

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BB28477929
• ISBN:
  • 9781137499493
• LCCN: 2015001276
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 194 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TL410
  • DC23 : 629.227/2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Bicycles -- History
  • LCSH : Bicycles -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Cycling -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Cycling -- Cross-cultural studies
  • BISACSH : History -- General
  • BISACSH : History -- World
  • BISACSH : History -- Social History