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Ride to Modernity : The Bicycle in Canada, 1869-1900.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (305 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442679351
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ride to ModernityDDC classification:
  • 796.6/0971
LOC classification:
  • GV1046.C2 N673 2001
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Modernity and the Bicycle -- 2 The Bicycle Carrier Wave -- 3 Modern Manufacturing: From Artisanal Production to Mass Production -- 4 Bells and Whistles: The Bicycle Accessory Industry -- 5 Bad Roads, Good Roads -- 6 The Cycling Crowd: Modern Life on Wheels -- 7 Larger Spaces and Visible Places -- 8 Pedaller's Progress: The Bicycle and Modernity -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: An examination how the bicycle as a symbol of modernity and social status fits into the larger picture of change and progress in a period of dramatic economic, social, and technological flux.
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Modernity and the Bicycle -- 2 The Bicycle Carrier Wave -- 3 Modern Manufacturing: From Artisanal Production to Mass Production -- 4 Bells and Whistles: The Bicycle Accessory Industry -- 5 Bad Roads, Good Roads -- 6 The Cycling Crowd: Modern Life on Wheels -- 7 Larger Spaces and Visible Places -- 8 Pedaller's Progress: The Bicycle and Modernity -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.

An examination how the bicycle as a symbol of modernity and social status fits into the larger picture of change and progress in a period of dramatic economic, social, and technological flux.

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