The Bicycle — Towards a Global History

P. Smethurst (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

194 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-50530-2 (ISBN)

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This is the first history of the bicycle to trace not only the technical background to its invention, but also to contrast its social and cultural impact in different parts of the world, and assess its future as a continuing global phenomenon.

Paul Smethurst is Associate Professor in English at the University of Hong Kong, China, where he teaches courses in travel writing, literature and the environment, and fictions of globalisation. His books include Travel Writing and the Natural World (2013) and The Postmodern Chronotope (2000). After taking early retirement in 2015, he plans to continue writing from his home in Bali.

Contents 1. Invention 2. Mobility 3. Crossings 4. Trends and Trajectories

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	28 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 194 p. 28 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
Schlagworte	Bicycle • bicycle and art • bicycle and health • bicycle culture • bicycle future • bicycle history • bicycle literature • bicycle mobility • bicycle protest • bicycle touring • bicycling • Bike • Cycling • high bicycle • Michaux • safety bicycle • Starley • Sustainable Transport • Velo • velocipede
ISBN-10	1-349-50530-7 / 1349505307
ISBN-13	978-1-349-50530-2 / 9781349505302
Zustand	Neuware