Proceedings of the 4th International Cycle History Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, October 1993 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0933201664 ISBN 13: 9780933201668

Publisher: Bicycle Books Inc.,U.S., 1997

Synopsis

The 5th International Cycle History Conference was held from the 2nd to the 4th of September 1994 in Cambridge and was attended by cycle historians from around the world. A wide range of topics were presented, some of the most significant ones being the emergence of commercial production and marketing, and the continuity of historic development to the present time. This volume of academic research on the early history of the bicycle contains the texts of the presentations made at the conference.

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Synopsis:

The idea of an International Cycle History Conference was born in 1990, when Nicholas Clayton, editor of the British veteran cycle periodical "The Boneshaker", organized the first conference of its kind in Glasgow, in conjuction with KM150, the MacMillan aniversary. In subsequent years, similiar conferences were held in Saint Etienne, France (1991), Neckarsulum, Germany (1992) and Cambridge (1994). The 4th International Cycle History Conference, organized by the Lallement Memorial Committee, was held in Boston, USA in October 1993. This volume is a record of the 18 texts and papers delivered at the conference, including "Who invented the bicycle - Lallement in 1863 or Michaux in 1861?" (by David Herlihy), "The quest for the medieval hobby horse velocipede" (by Roger Street), "Bicycles in flight" (by Charles Meinert), and "Bicycling for ladies" (by Kathryn Carse). This collection of academic research on the early history of the bicycle also includes biographical and source footnotes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bicycle Books Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0933201664
• ISBN 13: 9780933201668
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 143
• Editor: Van Der Plas Rob