| Invisible Bicycle: Parallel Histories and Different Timelines Contributor(s): Männistö-Funk, Myllyntaus |
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ISBN: 9004289968 ISBN-13: 9789004289963 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $137.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | History - Technology & Engineering | Engineering (general) - History | Europe - General |
| Series: Technology and Change in History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.27 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 M nnist -Funk, Timo Myllyntaus, Nicholas Oddy, Harry Oosterhuis, William Steele, Manuel Stoffers, Sue-Yen Tjong Tjin Tai, Frank Veraart. |