A panoramic portrait of the wonderous vehicle whose passenger is also its engine. A toy, a tool, a liberator, or complete nuisance: the bicycle has been many things to many people over the decades, yet it endures as the most popular form of transport in the world. How has such a simple machine achieved so much? Combining history, travelogue and memoir, Jody Rosen reshapes our understanding of this ubiquitous vehicle from its invention in 1817 to its present-day renaissance as a 'green machine'. Readers meet unforgettable characters: women's suffragists who steered bikes to the barricades Two Wheels Good - Jody Rosen od authora Jody Rosen a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Jody Rosen |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
416 |
Rok vydání |
2023 |
Nakladatelství |
Vintage |