One Less Car

Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility

AvZack Furness

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

Discusses the power of the bicycle to impact mobility, technology, urban space and everyday life

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-03-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Sporting
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:Temple University Press,U.S.
ISBN:9781592136131

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Cykelböcker inom Sport, fritid och hobby

Mer om författaren

Zack Furness is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies at Columbia College Chicago and a member of the Bad Subjects collective.

Recensioner i media

"One Less Car is a serious update and expansion of the social and political history of bicycling. I would own this book for the notes and bibliography alone." -Robert Hurst, author of The Cyclist's Manifesto and The Art of Cycling

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments 1 Introductions and Intersections 2 Becoming Auto-Mobile 3 VÉlorutionaries and the Right to the (Bikeable) City 4 Critical Mass and the Functions of Bicycle Protest 5 Two-Wheeled Terrors and Forty-Year-Old Virgins: Mass Media and the Representation of Bicycling 6 DIY Bike Culture 7 Handouts, Hand Ups, or Just Lending a Hand? Community Bike Projects, Bicycle Aid, and Competing Visions of Development under Globalization 8 Conclusion, or "We Have Nothing to Lose but Our (Bike) Chains" Notes Bibliography Index