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Urban flow : bike messengers and the city

Title
Urban flow : bike messengers and the city / Jeffrey L. Kidder.
Author
Kidder, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Lowell), 1977-
Publication
Ithaca : ILR Press, 2011.

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Description
x, 240 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Bicycle messengers > United States > Social conditions
  • Sociology, Urban > United States
  • Sociology, Urban
  • Fahrradkurier
  • Stadtsoziologie
  • Kultursoziologie
  • United States
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : the lure of delivery -- The job -- The lifestyle -- Men's work and dirty work -- Playing in traffic -- The deep play of alleycats -- The affective appropriation of space -- The meaning of messenger style -- Conclusion : the politics of appropriation.
ISBN
  • 9780801449925
  • 0801449928
LCCN
  • 2011004994
  • 6967986
OCLC
  • ocn700735730
  • 700735730
  • SCSB-1610347
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library