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First Taste of Freedom : A Cultural History of Bicycle Marketing in the United States / Robert J. Turpin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turpin, Robert J., author.
- Series:
- Sports and entertainment.
- Sports and entertainment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bicycle industry--United States--History.
- Bicycle industry.
- Cycling--Economic aspects--United States--History.
- Cycling.
- Cycling--United States--History.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "First Taste of Freedom" is a work of American cultural history focused on the bicycle market in the United States. A primary goal of the research was also to understand how the bicycle can be seen so differently in the US as opposed to other countries"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Conceptions of bicycles
- Cycling's rise and American manhood
- Automobiles and a world at war
- Cooperation and confusion
- The child consumer
- The postwar slump
- The safety of cycling
- Surviving the Great Depression
- Bicycles in the age of affluence
- High-risers and multi-geared redeemers
- Consumers as derailleurs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8156-5439-1
- OCLC:
- 1037887138
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