The Cycling City: Bicycles and Urban America in the 1890s

by Evan Friss

Book Overview

Cycling has experienced a renaissance in the United States, as cities around the country promote the bicycle as an alternative means of transportation. In the process, debates about the nature of bicycles--where they belong, how they should be ridden, how cities should or should not accommodate them--have played out in the media, on city streets, and in city halls. Very few people recognize, however, that these questions are more than a century old...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022675880X
• ISBN13: 9780226758800
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"