03800oam 2200685I 450 991079219690332120230803023627.01-136-65677-40-203-58453-81-299-27971-61-136-65670-710.4324/9780203584538 (CKB)2560000000099276(EBL)1143838(OCoLC)830161203(SSID)ssj0000834011(PQKBManifestationID)12381132(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834011(PQKBWorkID)10936839(PQKB)11465825(MiAaPQ)EBC1143838(Au-PeEL)EBL1143838(CaPaEBR)ebr10672710(CaONFJC)MIL459221(OCoLC)841648845(OCoLC)746838022(FINmELB)ELB139180(EXLCZ)99256000000009927620180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrReconsidering the bicycle an anthropological perspective on a new (old) thing /Luis A. VivancoNew York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (181 p.)The Routledge series for creative teaching and learning in anthropologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-50389-2 0-415-50388-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; RECONSIDERING THE BICYCLE: An Anthropological Perspective on a New (Old) Thing; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; BOXES; SERIES FOREWORD; PREFACE: The Bicycle, a New (Old) Thing; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 ANTHROPOLOGY, BICYCLES, AND URBAN MOBILITY; Reconsidering the Bicycle; Toward an Anthropology of Urban Bicycle Mobility; Fieldwork on Two Wheels: Pedaling Toward Critical Estrangement; For Further Exploration; 2 WHAT (AND WHEN) IS A BICYCLE?; Part One: A Brief History of Bicycles; Part Two: A Bicycle is a Multidimensional Object; For Further Exploration3 CONSTRUCTING URBAN BICYCLE CULTURES: PERSPECTIVES ON THREE CITIESUrban Form, Mobility Systems, and Bicycles; AMSTERDAM: Unfazed and Nonplussed on Two Wheels; BOGOTÁ: "Bicycle Consciousness" and the Right to the City; BURLINGTON: Sharing the Road in a "Bicycle Friendly Community"; Conclusion; For Further Exploration; 4 "GOOD FOR THE CAUSE": THE BIKE MOVEMENT AS SOCIAL ACTION AND CULTURAL POLITICS; Constructing a Bike Movement with a Politically Flexible Symbol; Asserting the Visibility (and Invisibility) of the Bicycle; Dilemmas of Fun and Convenience; Conclusion; For Further Exploration5 CONCLUSION: ON THE NEED FOR THE BICYCLENOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXIn cities throughout the world, bicycles have gained a high profile in recent years, with politicians and activists promoting initiatives like bike lanes, bikeways, bike share programs, and other social programs to get more people on bicycles. Bicycles in the city are, some would say, the wave of the future for car-choked, financially-strapped, obese, and sustainability-sensitive urban areas.This book explores how and why people are reconsidering the bicycle, no longer thinking of it simply as a toy or exercise machine, but as a potential solution to a number of contemporary problemsRoutledge series for creative teaching and learning in anthropology.BicyclesCyclingBicycles.Cycling.796.6Vivanco Luis Antonio1969-,1553892MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792196903321Reconsidering the bicycle3814741UNINA