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Author Wray, J. Harry.

Title Pedal power : the quiet rise of the bicycle in American public life / J. Harry Wray.

Imprint Boulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  388.3472 W924p 2008    ---  Available
Description v, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index.
Contents Contrasting visions : the bike saddle versus the car seat and why it matters politically -- Biking in Amsterdam : the politics of the possible -- Culture storm -- Biking eccentrics : who are these folks, anyway? -- Building the case : the political advocates -- Pushing the envelope : populist politics -- Politicians who matter -- Metapolitics, minibikes -- Conclusion : there's something about a bike.
Subject Cycling -- Political aspects -- United States.
Urban transportation policy -- United States.
Bicycle commuting -- United States.
United States -- Social life and customs.
ISBN 9781594514623 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1594514623 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781594514630 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1594514631 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000042417263
NZ1 11613119
CDX 6441061
UNITY 110854799
UKBCI 1594514631
HEBIS 20902075X

 
    
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