The ride to modernity
the bicycle in Canada, 1869-1900
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Author
Publication
2001 - University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario
Language
English
Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100802043984
- ISBN-10080208205X
- ISBN-139780802043986
- ISBN-139780802082053
- Goodreads3901076', '2608515
and 6 more
- LibraryThing1726146
- Library of Congress Control Number2001273481
- OCLC Control Number46625313
- Better World Books9780802043986
- Better World Books9780802082053
- Open LibraryOL3967494M
Classifications
- DDC796.6/0971
- LCCGV1046.C2 N67 2001
Description
"This is the story of Canada's encounter with the bicycle in the late nineteenth century, set in the context of the cultural movement known as 'modernity.' Glen Norcliffe covers the bicycle's history from about 1869, when the first bicycle appeared in Canada, until about 1900, a date that marks the end of the era when bicycles were a recognized symbol of modernity and social status. Cycling continued into the Edwardian period and beyond, of course, especially in Europe, but by then it had lost its symbolic status and social cachet in Canada." "Norcliffe's aim is to examine how the bicycle fits into the larger picture of change and progress in a period of dramatic economic, social, and technological flux"--Page 4 of cover.
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