The bicycle : (Record no. 27783)
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ISBN | |
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International Standard Book Number | 9781137499493 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Call number | 629.227/2 |
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR | |
Authors | Smethurst, Paul |
TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | The bicycle : |
Subtitle | towards a global history / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Paul Smethurst |
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire , |
-- | New York, NY : |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan, |
Date | c2015. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xiii, 194 p. : |
Other Details | ill ; |
Size | 25 cm. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186) and index. |
SUMMARY | |
Summary | "The modern bicycle as we know it today was developed in England in the 1880s. A decade later, cycling was already a popular spectator sport and a recreational fashion across western society. Women's rights, class mobility and a modern spirit of individualism helped fuel this bicycle boom. In China, on the other hand, the bicycle's ubiquity reflected state-controlled social uniformity. Briefly, it became a symbol of resistance in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s, but crushed by tanks it later turned into a downward marker of class with millions scrapped. In the 21st century, the bicycle is enjoying a global resurgence. It is favoured as a sustainable form of transport, while also reinventing itself as a chic and sportive fashion object, and a generic protest vehicle. With contradictory strands like these, the bicycle's cultural history is a rich subject for cross-cultural study. Beginning with the technical history of the bicycle's invention, and the socio-economic factors that precipitated it, the main focus of this book is the ever-changing cultural significance of the bicycle as an object, and of bicycling as a shifting, but ever popular social practice around the world. "-- |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Heading | Bicycles |
General | History |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Heading | Bicycles |
General | Social aspects |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Heading | Cycling |
General | Social aspects |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Heading | Cycling |
Geographic | Cross-cultural studies |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Heading | HISTORY / General |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Heading | HISTORY / World |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Heading | HISTORY / Social History |
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://uowd.box.com/s/xfozezdqgwbjkhdf6losdhqdpv938rwk">https://uowd.box.com/s/xfozezdqgwbjkhdf6losdhqdpv938rwk</a> |
Public note | Location Map |
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Date last seen | Full call number | Barcode | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Withdrawn status | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition |
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26/01/2017 | 629.2272 SM BI | T0018756 | 70.00 | 26/01/2017 | REGULAR | Dewey Decimal Classification | University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong in Dubai | Main Collection | 20/10/2015 | AMAUK |