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Bicycle: The History - David V. Herlihy

Bicycle: The History

Buch | Softcover
480 Seiten
2006
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-12047-9 (ISBN)
CHF 49,95 inkl. MwSt
Presents the history of the bicycle, an invention that precipitated nothing short of a social revolution. This book recounts a story replete with disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities. It shows us why the bicycle captured the public's imagination and the myriad ways it has reshaped our world.
The first comprehensive history of the bicycle—lavishly illustrated with images spanning two centuries

During the nineteenth century, the bicycle evoked an exciting new world in which even a poor person could travel afar and at will. But was the “mechanical horse” truly destined to usher in a new era of road travel or would it remain merely a plaything for dandies and schoolboys? In Bicycle: The History (named by Outside magazine as the #1 book on bicycles), David Herlihy recounts the saga of this far-reaching invention and the passions it aroused. The pioneer racer James Moore insisted the bicycle would become “as common as umbrellas.” Mark Twain was more skeptical, enjoining his readers to “get a bicycle. You will not regret it—if you live.”

Because we live in an age of cross-country bicycle racing and high-tech mountain bikes, we may overlook the decades of development and ingenuity that transformed the basic concept of human-powered transportation into a marvel of engineering. This lively and engrossing history retraces the extraordinary story of the bicycle—a history of disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities. Herlihy shows us why the bicycle captured the public’s imagination and the myriad ways in which it reshaped our world.

David V. Herlihy is a historian and freelance writer. He has been interested in bicycle technology since his days as a member of the Harvard Cycling Club, and for the past decade he has researched extensively the invention and early development of the bicycle. His work has been featured on National Public Radio and Voice of America and in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, and Historic Preservation. In 1999 Herlihy received the McNair History Award from the Wheelmen, the preeminent American association of antique bicycle collectors. He lives in Hull, Massachusetts.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 29.9.2006
Zusatzinfo 98 b-w + 115 color illus.
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 1089 g
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Fahrrad
Kinder- / Jugendbuch Sachbücher
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Schlagworte Fahrrad
ISBN-10 0-300-12047-8 / 0300120478
ISBN-13 978-0-300-12047-9 / 9780300120479
Zustand Neuware
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