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Author Finison, Lorenz J. (Lorenz John), 1941- author.

Title Boston's twentieth-century bicycling renaissance : cultural change on two wheels / Lorenz J. Finison
Published Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 289 pages)
Contents The bicycle craze ends, 1895-1900 -- Bicycle struggles and hopes for recovery, 1900-1945 -- Bicycling on the cusp of the renaissance, 1945-1970 -- Activists in the bicycle renaissance, 1970-2000 -- Where do bikes belong? -- Politics and the bike business -- Riding for recreation, charity, and work -- Boombox, bulldogs, and backwards cyclists on Blue Hill Avenue -- Bicycle racing and building in the renaissance -- Looking back and looking forward
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 11, 2019)
Subject Cycling -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Social conditions
Cycling
SUBJECT Boston (Mass.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Subject Massachusetts -- Boston
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018053177
ISBN 9781613766590
1613766599
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