LEADER 03800oam 2200685I 450 001 9910826643403321 005 20240131144451.0 010 $a1-136-65677-4 010 $a0-203-58453-8 010 $a1-299-27971-6 010 $a1-136-65670-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203584538 035 $a(CKB)2560000000099276 035 $a(EBL)1143838 035 $a(OCoLC)830161203 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000834011 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12381132 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834011 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10936839 035 $a(PQKB)11465825 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1143838 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1143838 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10672710 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL459221 035 $a(OCoLC)841648845 035 $a(OCoLC)746838022 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB139180 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000099276 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReconsidering the bicycle $ean anthropological perspective on a new (old) thing /$fLuis A. Vivanco 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (181 p.) 225 1 $aThe Routledge series for creative teaching and learning in anthropology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-50389-2 311 $a0-415-50388-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Exploration 327 $a3 CONSTRUCTING URBAN BICYCLE CULTURES: PERSPECTIVES ON THREE CITIESUrban Form, Mobility Systems, and Bicycles; AMSTERDAM: Unfazed and Nonplussed on Two Wheels; BOGOTA?: "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 Exploration 327 $a5 CONCLUSION: ON THE NEED FOR THE BICYCLENOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aIn cities throughout the world, bicycles have gained a high profile in recent years, with politicians and activists promoting initiatives like bike lanes, bikeways, bike share programs, and other social programs to get more people on bicycles. Bicycles in the city are, some would say, the wave of the future for car-choked, financially-strapped, obese, and sustainability-sensitive urban areas.This book explores how and why people are reconsidering the bicycle, no longer thinking of it simply as a toy or exercise machine, but as a potential solution to a number of contemporary problems 410 0$aRoutledge series for creative teaching and learning in anthropology. 606 $aBicycles 606 $aCycling 615 0$aBicycles. 615 0$aCycling. 676 $a796.6 700 $aVivanco$b Luis Antonio$f1969-,$01553892 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826643403321 996 $aReconsidering the bicycle$93932940 997 $aUNINA