An alternative history of bicycles and motorcycles : two-wheeled transportation and material culture

An alternative history of bicycles and motorcycles : two-wheeled transportation and material culture / Steven E. Alford and Suzanne Ferriss.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alford, Steven E., 1950- (Author), Ferriss, Suzanne, 1962- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Bicycles > History.
Bicycles > Materials.
Cycling > Social aspects.
Motorcycles > History.
Motorcycles > Materials.
Motorcycling > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Bicycles
Bicycles > Materials
Cycling > Social aspects
Motorcycles
History
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Table of 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.

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