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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451506403321

Titolo

Cycling and society [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Dave Horton, Paul Rosen, Peter Cox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-317-15514-9

1-317-15513-0

1-281-09902-3

9786611099022

0-7546-8485-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Transport and society

Altri autori (Persone)

RosenPaul <1963->

CoxPeter <1964->

HortonDavid <1967->

Disciplina

796.6

Soggetti

Cycling - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Cycling and Society; 1 Cycling the City: Non-Place and the Sensory Construction of Meaning in a Mobile Practice; 2 Capitalising on Curiosity: Women's Professional Cycle Racing in the Late-Nineteenth Century; 3 Barriers to Cycling: An Exploration of Quantitative Analyses; 4 Hell is Other Cyclists: Rethinking Transport and Identity; 5 The Flaneur on Wheels?; 6 Bicycles Don't Evolve: Velomobiles and the Modelling of Transport Technologies; 7 Fear of Cycling

8 Men, Women and the Bicycle: Gender and Social Geography of Cycling in the Late-Nineteenth Century 9 Bicycle Messengers: Image, Identity and Community; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.