Revolution : how the bicycle reinvented modern Britain

Manners, William2018

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From today's perspective, it is easy to see bicycles as fairly unremarkable and every day machines. But at the end of the 19th century, there was no other piece of technology which attracted the same level of excitement, discussion or controversy. The story of the major societal shifts which followed the invention of the modern-day 'safety' bicycle is one that is little-known, and with cycling's ever increasing popularity today there has never been a better time to tell it. Here, author William Manners delves into the social history of cycling in 1890s Britain, while exploring international parallels that existed with countries including the US, France and Australia. Drawing on a range of sources, from cycling club journals to the writings of H.G. Wells, the text illuminates the major impact which the bicycle had on the day-to-day lives of men and women across the social spectrum.