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Author Disko, Sasha

Title Devil's Wheels
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Explorations in mobility ; volume 2
Explorations in mobility ; v. 2.
Contents Introduction : does the man make the motorcycle or the motorcycle the man? -- From pioneers to global dominance : the first forty years of the German motorcycle industry -- Engineering and advertising a motorized future -- Motorcycles and the "everyman" : exploring the motorcycling milieu -- "Is motorcycling even sport?" : strength and the national body during the Weimar Republic -- Deviant behaviors : inclusion, exclusion, and community -- Motoring Amazons? : women and motorcycling during the Weimar Republic -- Sex and the sidecar : sexuality, courtship, marriage and motorization -- Epilogue : the will to motor
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Motorcycling -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Masculinity -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
HISTORY / Europe / Germany
Masculinity
SUBJECT Germany -- History -- 1918-1933. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054589
Subject Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1785331701
9781785331701