The mechanical horse : how the bicycle reshaped American life / Margaret Guroff.
Series: Discovering America seriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780292743625 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 303.48/320973 23
- TL410 .G78 2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The birth of the bike -- The need for speed -- The wheel, the woman, and the human body -- Paving the way for cars -- From producers to consumers -- The infinite highway of the air -- The cycles of war -- The king of the neighborhood -- The great American bicycle boom -- Bike messengers, tourists, and mountain bikers -- Are we there yet?
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