Boston's twentieth-century bicycling renaissance : cultural change on two wheels

Boston's twentieth-century bicycling renaissance : cultural change on two wheels /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finison, Lorenz J. (Lorenz John), 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Cycling > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 20th century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Social conditions
Cycling
Boston (Mass.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Massachusetts > Boston
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The bicycle craze ends, 1895-1900
  • Bicycle struggles and hopes for recovery, 1900-1945
  • Bicycling on the cusp of the renaissance, 1945-1970
  • Activists in the bicycle renaissance, 1970-2000
  • Where do bikes belong?
  • Politics and the bike business
  • Riding for recreation, charity, and work
  • Boombox, bulldogs, and backwards cyclists on Blue Hill Avenue
  • Bicycle racing and building in the renaissance
  • Looking back and looking forward.

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