Invisible bicycle : parallel histories and different timelines / Edited by Tiina Männistö-Funk and Timo Myllyntaus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mannisto-Funk, Tiina, editor.

Myllyntaus, Timo, editor.

Series:

Technology and change in history ; VOLUME 15.

Technology and change in history, 1385-920x ; VOLUME 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cycling--History.

Cycling.

History.

Cycling--Social aspects.

Cycling--Economic aspects.

Cycling--Government policy.

Physical Description:

xii, 282 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

"The Invisible Bicycle brings together different insights into the social, cultural and economic history of the bicycle and cycling in historical eras of ubiquitous bicycle use that have remained relatively invisible in bicycle history. It revisits the typical timeline of cycling's decline in the 1950s and 1960s and the renaissance beginning in the 1970s by bringing forth the large national and local variations, varying uses and images of the bicycle, and different bicycle cultures as well as their historical background and motivations. To understand the role, possibilities and challenges of the bicycle today, it is necessary to know the history that has formed them. Therefore The Invisible Bicycle is recommended also to present-day practitioners and planners of bicycle mobility. Contributors are: Peter Cox, Martin Emanuel, Tiina Männistö-Funk, Timo Myllyntaus, Nicholas Oddy, Harry Oosterhuis, William Steele, Manuel Stoffers, Sue-Yen Tjong Tjin Tai, Frank Veraart"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Invisible bicycle

ISBN:

9789004289963

9004289968

OCLC:

1059470784