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

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"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



Table of Contents

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

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      Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/03/2010
      ISBN13: 9781592136131, 978-1592136131
      ISBN10: 1592136133
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      Description

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

      Trade Review

      "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



      Table of Contents

      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

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