Pedal power : the quiet rise of the bicycle in American public life / J. Harry Wray.
Publication details: Boulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers, c2008.Description: v, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781594514623 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781594514630 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 388.3/4720973 22
- HE308 .W73 2008
Contents:
Title Notes:
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!
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index.