The bicycle : (Record no. 27783)

MARC details
ISBN
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
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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
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Topical Heading HISTORY / General
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Topical Heading HISTORY / World
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Topical Heading HISTORY / Social History
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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Public note Location Map
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Holdings
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
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