Author: Carlton Reid
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610916891
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal—and largely unrecognized—role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich transport progressives in the 1890s to the “poor man’s transport” in the 1920s, some cyclists became ardent motorists and were all too happy to forget their cycling roots. But, Reid explains, many motor pioneers continued cycling, celebrating the shared links between transport modes that are now seen as worlds apart. In this engaging and meticulously researched book, Carlton Reid encourages us all to celebrate those links once again.
Official Programme, First Annual Meet of the League of American Wheelmen, Boston, May 30th, 1881
Author: League of American Wheelmen. Massachusetts Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Roads Were Not Built for Cars
Author: Carlton Reid
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610916891
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal—and largely unrecognized—role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich transport progressives in the 1890s to the “poor man’s transport” in the 1920s, some cyclists became ardent motorists and were all too happy to forget their cycling roots. But, Reid explains, many motor pioneers continued cycling, celebrating the shared links between transport modes that are now seen as worlds apart. In this engaging and meticulously researched book, Carlton Reid encourages us all to celebrate those links once again.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610916891
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal—and largely unrecognized—role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich transport progressives in the 1890s to the “poor man’s transport” in the 1920s, some cyclists became ardent motorists and were all too happy to forget their cycling roots. But, Reid explains, many motor pioneers continued cycling, celebrating the shared links between transport modes that are now seen as worlds apart. In this engaging and meticulously researched book, Carlton Reid encourages us all to celebrate those links once again.
Souvenir Programme
Author: League of American Wheelmen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bicycle racing
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bicycle racing
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
League of American Wheelmen 1982 National Convention
Author: League of American Wheelmen. National convention
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cyclists
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cyclists
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Road Book of the Michigan Division, League of American Wheelmen; Also Through Routes to Buffalo, Pittsburg, Chicago, Cincinnati, Etc
Author: League of American Wheelmen. Michigan Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cycling
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cycling
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
L.A.W. bulletin and good roads: official organ of the League of American Wheelmen
Author: Коллектив авторов
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5881406990
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 817
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5881406990
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 817
Book Description
Official Bulletin and Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen Volume 1914-1915 (v.12-13)
Author: Bassett Abbot Ed
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022596344
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Official Bulletin and Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen provides a fascinating look at the early years of the American cycling movement. Volume 1914-1915 v12-13 is a particularly rich source of information, with articles on cycling events, safety tips, and more. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022596344
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Official Bulletin and Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen provides a fascinating look at the early years of the American cycling movement. Volume 1914-1915 v12-13 is a particularly rich source of information, with articles on cycling events, safety tips, and more. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Official Programme of the Eighth Annual Meet of the League of American Wheelmen, May 20 and 21, 1887, St. Louis
Author: League of American Wheelmen. Missouri Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bicycle racing
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bicycle racing
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Boston's Cycling Craze, 1880-1900
Author: Lorenz John Finison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781625340740
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From 1877 to 1896, the popularity of bicycles increased exponentially, and Boston was in on it from the start. The Boston Bicycle Club was the first in the nation, and the city's cyclists formed the nucleus of a new national organization, the League of American Wheelmen. The sport was becoming a craze, and Massachusetts had the largest per capita membership in the league in the 1890s and the largest percentage of women members. Several prominent cycling magazines were published in Boston, making cycling a topic of press coverage and a growing cultural influence as well as a form of recreation. Lorenz J. Finison explores the remarkable rise of Boston cycling through the lives of several participants, including Kittie Knox, a biracial twenty-year-old seamstress who challenged the color line; Mary Sargent Hopkins, a self-proclaimed expert on women's cycling and publisher of The Wheelwoman; and Abbot Bassett, a longtime secretary of the League of American Wheelman and a vocal cycling advocate for forty years. Finison shows how these riders and others interacted on the road and in their cycling clubhouses, often constrained by issues of race, class, religion, and gender. He reveals the challenges facing these riders, whether cycling for recreation or racing, in a time of segregation, increased immigration, and debates about the rights of women.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781625340740
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From 1877 to 1896, the popularity of bicycles increased exponentially, and Boston was in on it from the start. The Boston Bicycle Club was the first in the nation, and the city's cyclists formed the nucleus of a new national organization, the League of American Wheelmen. The sport was becoming a craze, and Massachusetts had the largest per capita membership in the league in the 1890s and the largest percentage of women members. Several prominent cycling magazines were published in Boston, making cycling a topic of press coverage and a growing cultural influence as well as a form of recreation. Lorenz J. Finison explores the remarkable rise of Boston cycling through the lives of several participants, including Kittie Knox, a biracial twenty-year-old seamstress who challenged the color line; Mary Sargent Hopkins, a self-proclaimed expert on women's cycling and publisher of The Wheelwoman; and Abbot Bassett, a longtime secretary of the League of American Wheelman and a vocal cycling advocate for forty years. Finison shows how these riders and others interacted on the road and in their cycling clubhouses, often constrained by issues of race, class, religion, and gender. He reveals the challenges facing these riders, whether cycling for recreation or racing, in a time of segregation, increased immigration, and debates about the rights of women.
Official Information Book for the Ninth Annual Meet of the League of American Wheelmen, Indianapolis, Ind., August 9th to 13th
Author: League of American Wheelmen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cycling
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cycling
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description