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- Title
THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE BICYCLE.
- Authors
Aronson, Sidney H.
- Abstract
The article presents a brief sketch of the effect of bicycle boom on different aspects of the U.S. life. The effect of the bicycle on women's clothing was truly revolutionary. Within a period of two or three years the bicycle gave the American woman the liberty of dress, which reformers had been seeking for generations. As would be expected, the bicycle was an innovation of considerable importance for the American economy. In 1890 the demand for bicycles in Boston was raised to an unprecedented level. The bicycle had its effect on the U.S. Army, too. Some military men predicted bicyclized warfare. It is in rapidly moving considerable bodies of infantry wrote one officer that the bicycle will find its highest function in time of war. It was to be expected that bicycling would make its mark in the world of sports. Racetracks cropped up throughout the country and thousands of tournaments enabled amateurs and professionals to vie for honor and reward. Many colleges had bicycle teams that engaged in school meets.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BICYCLE design; ECONOMIC forecasting; WOMEN'S conduct of life; UNITED States economy; UNITED States history, 1865-1921; MILITARY cycling
- Publication
Social Forces, 1952, Vol 30, Issue 3, p305
- ISSN
0037-7732
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2571596