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The cycling city : bicycles and urban America in the 1890s

Title
The cycling city : bicycles and urban America in the 1890s / Evan Friss.
Author
Friss, Evan
Publication
  • Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
  • ©2015

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Description
x, 267 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Historical studies of urban America
Uniform Title
Historical studies of urban America.
Subject
  • 1800 - 1899
  • Cycling > United States > History > 19th century
  • Bicycle commuting > United States > History > 19th century
  • Urban transportation > United States > History > 19th century
  • Bicycle commuting
  • Cycling
  • Urban transportation
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The rise of the cycling city -- The cyclists -- Rules of the road -- Good roads -- The bicycle paths (not) taken -- Riding for recreation and health -- Riding for utility: the commuters -- Riding for reform: wheelwomen -- The crash -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9780226210919
  • 022621091X
  • 9780226211077 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2015007469
  • 99965278627
  • 40025287624
OCLC
  • ocn904756000
  • 904756000
  • SCSB-5830531
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries