02686nam 2200613 450 991079846520332120230126214449.01-4985-2880-5(CKB)3710000000721152(SSID)ssj0001640453(PQKBManifestationID)16399783(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001640453(PQKBWorkID)14925157(PQKB)10494058(PQKBManifestationID)16353463(PQKBWorkID)14925269(PQKB)22057853(MiAaPQ)EBC4525001(EXLCZ)99371000000072115220160301d2016 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrAn alternative history of bicycles and motorcycles two-wheeled transportation and material culture /Suzanne Ferriss and Steven AlfordLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,[2016]1 online resource (201 pages) illustrations"This book offers an account of two-wheeled vehicle development that challenges the common evolutionary model of development from the bicycle to the motorcycle. It examines the bicycle and motorcycle as material objects and focuses on the complex socio-political and economic convergences that produced the materials, which in turn shaped the vehicles' appearance, function, and adoption by riders"--Provided by publisher.1-4985-2879-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Machines -- "It could have been otherwise" : bicycles and motorcycles -- Materials -- Roads : mobility, bicycles, motorcycles -- Rubber and steel : the "raw" materials -- Textiles : machines, fabrics, fabrication -- Machine and rider -- The paradoxes of class and gender among bicyclists and motorcyclists -- The embodied cyclist and freedom -- Conclusion.BicyclesHistoryBicyclesMaterialsCyclingSocial aspectsMotorcyclesHistoryMotorcyclesMaterialsMotorcyclingSocial aspectsBicyclesHistory.BicyclesMaterials.CyclingSocial aspects.MotorcyclesHistory.MotorcyclesMaterials.MotorcyclingSocial aspects.303.48/32Ferriss Suzanne1962-1020213Alford Steven E.1950-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798465203321An alternative history of bicycles and motorcycles3756376UNINA