LEADER 04018nam 2200733 450 001 9910456785203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8020-4709-2 010 $a1-282-02883-9 010 $a9786612028830 010 $a1-4426-7935-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442679351 035 $a(CKB)2430000000011204 035 $a(EBL)4671910 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000308454 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11925121 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308454 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10258262 035 $a(PQKB)10330205 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600577 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255339 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671910 035 $a(DE-B1597)464827 035 $a(OCoLC)1013937431 035 $a(OCoLC)944177617 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442679351 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671910 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257599 035 $a(OCoLC)244768766 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000011204 100 $a20160922h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe ride to modernity $ethe bicycle in Canada, 1869-1900 /$fGlen Norcliffe 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-4398-4 311 $a0-8020-8205-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPreface -- $t1. Modernity and the Bicycle -- $t2. The Bicycle Carrier Wave -- $t3. Modern Manufacturing: From Artisanal Production to Mass Production -- $t4. Bells and Whistles: The Bicycle Accessory Industry -- $t5. Bad Roads, Good Roads -- $t6. The Cycling Crowd: Modern Life on Wheels -- $t7. Larger Spaces and Visible Places -- $t8. Pedaller s Progress: The Bicycle and Modernity -- $tNotes -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIllustration Credits -- $tIndex 330 $aThis is the story of Canada's encounter with the bicycle in the late nineteenth century, set in the context of the cultural movement known as 'modernity.' Glen Norcliffe covers the bicycle's history from about 1869, when the first bicycle appeared in Canada, until about 1900, a date that marks the end of the era when bicycles were a recognized symbol of modernity and social status; cycling continued into the Edwardian period and beyond, of course, especially in Europe, but by then it had lost its symbolic status and social cachet in Canada.Norcliffe's aim is to examine how the bicycle fits into the larger picture of change and progress in a period of dramatic economic, social, and technological flux. He argues that the bicycle led to a host of innovations affecting the development of technology, modern manufacturing, better roads, automobiles, and even airplanes. He describes, for example, how the bicycle, promoted through eye-catching advertisements, was one of the first products for which the sale of accessories was as important as sales of the main item - thus anticipating twentieth-century patterns of marketing.Lively and well illustrated, The Ride to Modernity provides a particularly Canadian history of one of the first big-ticket, mass-produced consumer luxuries. 606 $aBicycles$zCanada$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCycling$zCanada$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCycling$xSocial aspects$zCanada 606 $aBicycle industry$zCanada$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBicycles$xHistory 615 0$aCycling$xHistory 615 0$aCycling$xSocial aspects 615 0$aBicycle industry$xHistory 676 $a796.6/0971 700 $aNorcliffe$b G. B.$0129874 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456785203321 996 $aThe ride to modernity$92027001 997 $aUNINA