The Revenge of the Methodist Bicycle Company Sunday Streetcars and Municipal Reform in Toronto, 1888 - 1897 |
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| Author:
| Armstrong, Christopher
Nelles, H. V. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-544337-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $21.77AUD $23.95 |
Book Description:
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The Revenge of the Methodist Bicycle Company is the rollicking good story of the politics and people that shaped High Victorian Toronto. When big-money railway owners wanted to run the Sunday streetcar, they faced violent opposition from those who believed it was a desecration of the Sabbath. But ultimately, the robber barons won and the cars ran on Sunday-just as the first great bicycle craze began. Everybody bought bikes-some of them from the Methodist Bicycle Company-and the Sunday...
More DescriptionThe Revenge of the Methodist Bicycle Company is the rollicking good story of the politics and people that shaped High Victorian Toronto. When big-money railway owners wanted to run the Sunday streetcar, they faced violent opposition from those who believed it was a desecration of the Sabbath. But ultimately, the robber barons won and the cars ran on Sunday-just as the first great bicycle craze began. Everybody bought bikes-some of them from the Methodist Bicycle Company-and the Sunday streetcars were virtually empty. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs from the period, this attractive Wynford edition brings this classic Toronto story to a new generation of readers.