Description
Product ID: | 9781501338090 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Object Lessons |
Title: | Bicycle |
Authors: | Author: Dr Jonathan Maskit |
Page Count: | 176 |
Subjects: | Literary theory, Literary theory, Philosophy: aesthetics, Cultural studies, Material culture, Philosophy: aesthetics, Cultural studies, Material culture |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. These days the bicycle often appears as an interloper in a world constructed for cars. An almost miraculous 19th-century contraption, the bicycle promises to transform our lives and the world we live in, yet its time seems always yet-to-come or long-gone-by. Jonathan Maskit takes us on an interdisciplinary ride to see what makes the bicycle a magical machine that could yet make the world a safer, greener, and more just place. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic. Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. These days the bicycle often appears as an interloper in a world constructed for cars. An almost miraculous 19th-century contraption, the bicycle promises to transform our lives and the world we live in, yet its time seems always yet-to-come or long-gone-by. Jonathan Maskit takes us on an interdisciplinary ride to see what makes the bicycle a magical machine that could yet make the world a safer, greener, and more just place.Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic. |
Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic USA |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2024-01-25 |