Cycling and Society

Cycling and Society
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 9781409487364
ISBN-13 : 1409487369
Rating : 4/5 (369 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Cycling and Society by : Dr Dave Horton

Download or read book Cycling and Society written by Dr Dave Horton and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The book brings together, for the first time, analyses of cycling from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, including history, sociology, geography, planning, engineering and technology. The book redresses the past neglect of cycling as a topic for sustained analysis by treating it as a varied and complex practice which matters greatly to contemporary social, cultural and political theory and action. Cycling and Society demonstrates the incredible diversity of contemporary cycling, both within and across cultures. With cycling increasingly promoted as a solution to numerous social problems across a wide range of policy areas in car-dominated societies, this book helps to open up a new field of cycling studies.


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