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

• Pubblicazione: Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.6
• Soggetto topico: Cycling - Social aspects
• Altri autori: RosenPaul <1963-> CoxPeter <1964-> HortonDavid <1967->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cycling and society
• ISBN: 1-315-57573-6; 1-317-15514-9; 1-317-15513-0; 1-281-09902-3; 9786611099022; 0-7546-8485-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785100003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Transport and society.