| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 205 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Transport and society
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Transport and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cycling the city : non-place and the sensory construction of meaning in a mobile practice / Justin Spinney -- Capitalising on curiosity : women's professional cycle racing in the late-nineteenth century / Clare S. Simpson -- Barriers to cycling : an exploration of quantitative analyses / John Parkin, Tim Ryley and Tim Jones -- Hell is other cyclists : rethining transport and identity / David Skinner and Paul Rosen -- Flaneur on wheels? / Nicholas Oddy -- Bicycles don't evolve : velomibiles and the modelling of transport technologies / Peter Cox with Frederick Van De Walle -- Fear of cycling / Dave Horton -- Men, women and the bicycle : gender and social geography of cycling in the late-nineteenth century / Phillip Gordon Mackintosh and Glen Norcliffe -- Bicycle messengers : image, identity and community / Ben Fincham. |
| Summary |
How can the social sciences help us to understand the past, present and potential futures of cycling? This timely international and interdisciplinary collection addresses this question, discussing shifts in cycling practices and attitudes, and opening up important critical spaces for thinking about the prospects for cycling. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cycling -- Social aspects.
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Cycling -- Social aspects. |
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Cycling. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rosen, Paul, 1963-
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Cox, Peter, 1964-
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Horton, David, 1967-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cycling and society. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007 (DLC) 2007007955 |
| ISBN |
9780754684855 (electronic book) |
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0754684857 (electronic book) |
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9780754648444 (alkaline paper) |
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0754648443 (alkaline paper) |
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