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One less car bicycling and the politics of automobility

Title
One less car [electronic resource] : bicycling and the politics of automobility / Zack Furness.
Author
Furness, Zachary Mooradian.
Publication
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 348 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Sporting
Uniform Title
  • One less car (Online)
  • Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Alternative Title
One less car (Online)
Subject
  • Cycling > Political aspects > United States
  • Urban transportation policy > United States
  • Transportation, Automotive > Social aspects
  • Bicycle commuting > United States
  • United States > Social life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-336) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introductions and intersections -- Becoming auto-mobile -- Vélorutionaries and the right to the (bikeable) city -- Critical Mass and the functions of bicycle protest -- Two-wheeled terrors and forty-year-old virgins : mass media and the representation of bicycling -- DIY bike culture -- Handouts, hand ups, or just lending a hand? : community bike projects, bicycle aid, and competing visions of development under globalization -- Conclusion, or "we have nothing to lose but our (bike) chains."
LCCN
2009048506
OCLC
ssj0000424529
Author
Furness, Zachary Mooradian.
Title
One less car [electronic resource] : bicycling and the politics of automobility / Zack Furness.
Imprint
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.
Series
Sporting
Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-336) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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