Ride to Modernity
This is the story of Canada''s encounter with the bicycle in the late nineteenth century, set in the context of the cultural movement known as ''modernity.'' Glen Norcliffe covers the bicycle''s history from about 1869, when the first bicycle appeared in Canada, until about 1900, a date that marks the end of the era when bicycles were a recognized symbol of modernity and social status; cycling con...
This is the story of Canada''s encounter with the bicycle in the late nineteenth century, set in the context of the cultural movement known as ''modernity.'' Glen Norcliffe covers the bicycle''s history from about 1869, when the first bicycle appeared in Canada, until about 1900, a date that marks the end of the era when bicycles were a recognized symbol of modernity and social status; cycling con...
