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Zusatztext In terms of national identity and patriotic fervour! it's often the team sports of cricket! football and rugby that capture the imagination. And yet! as Neil Carter shows brilliantly in Cycling and the British: A Modern History! it is the bike that has fascinated and charmed the public consciousness! and in many ways! shaped British history. From the Victorian cycling craze! through touring and cycling clubs! to the British stars of the Tour de France and the Olympics! Carter has meticulously researched across a staggering array of sources to produce the definitive history of cycling. It is a wonderful book that demonstrates how such a run of the mill piece of equipment that we all take for granted! is as important to British history as Stephenson's Rocket or Whittle's jet engine and transformed society in equally radical ways Informationen zum Autor Neil Carter is Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture! De Montfort University! UK. A history of the political and cultural role of the bicycle in British society since the late 19th century. Zusammenfassung Cycling is currently enjoying a boom in popularity. What are the reasons behind this phenomenon? How have perceptions and the popularity of cycling shifted? This book charts the historical development of cycling both as a leisure and sporting activity since the 19th century and explores the wider political and cultural context in which cycling in Britain emerged. In particular, it examines cycling’s relationship with environmental politics and its place in popular culture. Neil Carter successfully traverses several historical sub-disciplines, including the history of transport, leisure, sport, medicine and politics, employing the analytical tools of class, gender, political culture, the role of the state and commercialism to demonstrate how British identity has shaped and been shaped by cycling. At a time when it has become part of debates over transport and health, Cycling and the British: A Modern History provides a timely and clear analysis of the changes and continuities in attitudes towards cycling. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 Cycling and the rise of respectable recreation 2 Cycling as Victorian spectacle 3 Cycling, Englishness and the politics of the road 4 Cycling and the people 5 The birth of British massed-start racing 6 Women, modernity and cycling 7 Cycling in the age of motoring 8 Cycling, politics and environmentalism 9 Cycling in post-industrial Britain 10 Elite cycling and British society Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index ...
