Routledge Companion to Cycling

Routledge Companion to Cycling presents a comprehensive overview of an artefact that throughout the modern era has been a bellwether indicator of the major social, economic and environmental trends that have permeated society The volume synthesizes a rapidly growing body of research on the bicycle, its past and present uses, its technological evolution, its use in diverse geographical settings, its aesthetics and its deployment in art and literature. From its origins in early modern carriage technology in Germany, it has generated what is now a vast, multi-disciplinary literature encompassing a wide range of issues in countries throughout the world.

Glen Norcliffe is an Emeritus Professor of Geography at York University, Canada.

Una Brogan is a translator and independent researcher from Northern Ireland, UK.

Peter Cox is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Chester, UK.

Boyang Gao is Professor of Urban and Real Estate Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing.

Tony Hadland is a Chartered Building Surveyor and historian living in Oxfordshire, UK.

Sheila Hanlon is a historian specialising in the history of women’s cycling works with a number of organizations such as Cycling UK and the Cycling History Education Trust.

Tim Jones is Reader in Urban Mobility in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Nicholas Oddy is Head of Department of Design History & Theory at Glasgow School of Art, UK.

Luis Vivanco is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Humanities Center at the University of Vermont, USA.