Margaret Guroff

The Mechanical Horse: How the Bicycle Reshaped American Life

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Produktbeschreibung

In this lively cultural history, the journalist Margaret Guroff reveals how the bicycle has transformed American society, from making us mobile to empowering people in all avenues of life.

Produktdetails

• Discovering America
• Verlag: Briscoe Ctr for Amer History Ut-Austin
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 130mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9781477315873
• ISBN-10: 147731587X
• Artikelnr.: 49677950

Autorenporträt

By Margaret Guroff

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One. The Birth of the Bike
Chapter Two. The Need for Speed
Chapter Three. The Wheel, the Woman, and the Human Body
Chapter Four. Paving the Way for Cars
Chapter Five. From Producers to Consumers
Chapter Six. The Infinite Highway of the Air
Chapter Seven. The Cycles of War
Chapter Eight. The King of the Neighborhood
Chapter Nine. The Great American Bicycle Boom
Chapter Ten. Bike Messengers, Tourists, and Mountain Bikers
Chapter Eleven. Are We There Yet?
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index