The first comprehensive history of the bicycle-lavishly illustrated with images spanning two centuries. In the twenty-first century we have all experienced new technologies that promise to change our lives. During the nineteenth century, the bicycle evoked an exciting new world in which even a poor ...
New edition (2000) of this social history of the bicycle, written from an international perspective. Describes the bicycle's roller coaster popularity: sometimes a sad, neglected toy, other times the darling of the age. The bicycle did more for morals and manners than almost any other invention, ...