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

Finison, Lorenz J. 1941-

Boston's twentieth-century bicycling renaissance : cultural change on two wheels / Lorenz J. Finison. - Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xii, 289 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9781613766590 9781613766583 9781613766606

2018053177


Cycling--History--Massachusetts--Boston--20th century.


Electronic Books.

GV1045 / .B678 2019