Cycling and the British: A Modern History

Introduction -- Cycling and the rise of respectable recreation -- Cycling as Victorian spectacle -- Cycling, Englishness and the politics of the road, 1918-39 -- Cycling and the masses -- Massed-start racing, modernisation and British cycling -- Women, modernity and cycling -- Cycling in the age of motoring -- Cycling, politics and environmentalism -- Cycling in post-industrial Britain -- Elite cycling in Britain -- Conclusion : cycling nation?

• | Author: Neil Carter
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: December 10, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 360 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1472572092
• | ISBN-13: 9781472572097