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An alternative history of bicycles and motorcycles : two-wheeled transportation and material culture / Suzanne Ferriss and Steven Alford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferriss, Suzanne, 1962- author.
- Alford, Steven E., 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bicycles--History.
- Bicycles.
- History.
- Bicycles--Materials.
- Cycling--Social aspects.
- Cycling.
- Motorcycles--History.
- Motorcycles.
- Motorcycles--Materials.
- Motorcycling--Social aspects.
- Motorcycling.
- Social aspects.
- Materials.
- Physical Description:
- x, 189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
- Contents:
- Machines
- "It could have been otherwise" : bicycles and motorcycles
- Materials
- Roads : mobility, bicycles, motorcycles
- Rubber and steel : the "raw" materials
- Textiles : machines, fabrics, fabrication
- Machine and rider
- The paradoxes of class and gender among bicyclists and motorcyclists
- The embodied cyclist and freedom
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- "This book offers an account of two-wheeled vehicle development that challenges the common evolutionary model of development from the bicycle to the motorcycle. It examines the bicycle and motorcycle as material objects and focuses on the complex socio-political and economic convergences that produced the materials, which in turn shaped the vehicles' appearance, function, and adoption by riders"--Provided by publisher.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ferriss, Suzanne, 1962- author. Alternative history of bicycles and motorcycles.
- ISBN:
- 9781498528795
- 1498528791
- 9781498528818
- 1498528813
- OCLC:
- 933437855
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