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The Bicycle Towards A Global History Paul Smethurst

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The Bicycle Towards A Global History Paul Smethurst
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
File Extension: PDF
File size: 3.02 MB
Pages: 208
Author: Paul Smethurst
ISBN: 9781137499516, 1137499516
Language: English
Year: 2015

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The Bicycle Towards A Global History Paul Smethurst by Paul Smethurst 9781137499516, 1137499516 instant download after payment.

"The modern bicycle as we know it today was developed in England in the 1880s. A decade later, cycling was already a popular spectator sport & a recreational fashion across western society. Women's rights, class mobility & a modern spirit of individualism helped fuel this bicycle boom. In China, on the other hand, the bicycle's ubiquity reflected state-controlled social uniformity. Briefly, it became a symbol of resistance in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s, but crushed by tanks it later turned into a downward marker of class with millions scrapped. 

In the 21st century, the bicycle is enjoying a global resurgence. It is favoured as a sustainable form of transport, while also reinventing itself as a chic & sportive fashion object, & a generic protest vehicle. With contradictory strands like these, the bicycle's cultural history is a rich subject for cross-cultural study. Beginning with the technical history of the bicycle's invention, & the socio-economic factors that precipitated it, the main focus of this book is the ever-changing cultural significance of the bicycle as an object, & of bicycling as a shifting, but ever popular social practice around the world." 

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