ABSTRACT
Routledge Companion to Cycling presents a comprehensive overview of an artefact that throughout the modern era has been a bellwether indicator of the major social, economic and environmental trends that have permeated society The volume synthesizes a rapidly growing body of research on the bicycle, its past and present uses, its technological evolution, its use in diverse geographical settings, its aesthetics and its deployment in art and literature. From its origins in early modern carriage technology in Germany, it has generated what is now a vast, multi-disciplinary literature encompassing a wide range of issues in countries throughout the world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|71 pages
Cycling and society
chapter 7|9 pages
Mobility, freedom and self-determination
part 2|65 pages
Cycle technology
part 3|65 pages
The cycling economy
chapter 18|9 pages
On the shoulders of Giant
part 4|67 pages
Urban cycling
part 5|72 pages
Sport, health and lifestyle
part 6|83 pages
Places of cycling
part 7|54 pages
The visual culture of cycling
chapter 39|10 pages
The machine aesthetic
part 8|49 pages
Cycling in literature