Craig Horner is Senior Lecturer in History at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His recent research focuses on motoring in British society. He is the editor of The Cheshire Motor Vehicle Registrations, Vol. 1: 1904–07 (2019)

Craig Horner's treatise on the early days of cycling and motoring in Britain takes a scholarly yet entertaining look at the changing attitudes to the new mobility and its gradual diffusion down through the clearly defined social strata of pre-Great War England. Key figures in this scenario highlighted in the text were Selwyn Francis Edge and his secretary Dorothy Levitt, who did much to popularise motoring among a wider audience. The ample list of references consulted invites further reading.

• 1. Introduction2. Resistance to Change3. Entrepreneurs4. Trials5. The ‘Old Brigade’ and the New ‘Steady and Careful Artisan’6. Tourists7 . Futures8 ConclusionBibliographyAppendixIndex

Craig Horner is Senior Lecturer in History at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His recent research focuses on motoring in British society. He is the editor of The Cheshire Motor Vehicle Registrations, Vol. 1: 1904–07 (2019)

Craig Horner's treatise on the early days of cycling and motoring in Britain takes a scholarly yet entertaining look at the changing attitudes to the new mobility and its gradual diffusion down through the clearly defined social strata of pre-Great War England. Key figures in this scenario highlighted in the text were Selwyn Francis Edge and his secretary Dorothy Levitt, who did much to popularise motoring among a wider audience. The ample list of references consulted invites further reading.

• 1. Introduction2. Resistance to Change3. Entrepreneurs4. Trials5. The ‘Old Brigade’ and the New ‘Steady and Careful Artisan’6. Tourists7 . Futures8 ConclusionBibliographyAppendixIndex