One less car : bicycling and the politics of automobility /

Furness, Zachary Mooradian,

One less car : bicycling and the politics of automobility / Zack Furness. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xi, 348 pages) : illustrations. - Sporting . - Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introductions and Intersections -- Chapter 2. Becoming auto-mobile -- Chapter 3. Vélorutionaries and the right to the (bikeable) city -- Chapter 4. Critical Mass and the functions of bicycle protest -- Chapter 5. Two-wheeled terrors and forty-year-old virgins : Mass media and the representation of bicycling -- Chapter 6. DIY bike culture -- Chapter 7. Handouts, hand ups, or just lending a hand? Community bike projects, bicycle aid, and competing visions of development under globalization -- Chapter 8. Conclusion, or "We have nothing to lose but our (bike) chains" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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

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Cycling--Political aspects--United States.
Urban transportation policy--United States.
Transportation, Automotive--Social aspects.
Bicycle commuting--United States.
Cyclisme--Aspect politique--États-Unis.
Transports urbains--Politique gouvernementale--États-Unis.
Transports routiers--Aspect social.
Déplacements à bicyclette--États-Unis.
TRANSPORTATION--Automotive--Pictorial.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
Bicycle commuting.
Cycling--Political aspects.
Manners and customs.
Transportation, Automotive--Social aspects.
Urban transportation policy.
Business & Economics.
Transportation Economics.


United States--Social life and customs.
États-Unis--Mœurs et coutumes.
United States.


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