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Feb. 28th, 2021 05:45 pmBecause I suspect there might be some interest here: I asked over on the Tweet-machine for recommendations for books covering the history of bicycling in the U.S. from 1870 - present. Probably the best starting point is here:
https://bookshop.org/lists/the-war-on-cars-reading-list
This doesn't tell us how good any of these books are, but it's a starting point, at least. The curator of this list pointed towards Guroff's book (The Mechanical Horse) and Evan Friss (The Cycling City) as particularly useful resources.
Now, my lecture this upcoming Tuesday is "A Brief History of Bicycling in the USA," so I suspect I won't manage to read either of these in time for that lecture. But it's useful to have some starting points. I'll be curious to see what kinds of biases come up as the authors write about the topic.
https://bookshop.org/lists/the-war-on-cars-reading-list
This doesn't tell us how good any of these books are, but it's a starting point, at least. The curator of this list pointed towards Guroff's book (The Mechanical Horse) and Evan Friss (The Cycling City) as particularly useful resources.
Now, my lecture this upcoming Tuesday is "A Brief History of Bicycling in the USA," so I suspect I won't manage to read either of these in time for that lecture. But it's useful to have some starting points. I'll be curious to see what kinds of biases come up as the authors write about the topic.
