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.