Cycling and the British
A Modern History
1st Edition
Published on 10. December 2022
368 pages
978-1-4725-7210-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-7210-3 (9781472572103)
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Person
Neil Carter is Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University, UK.
Content
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
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
