Bike Battles - A History of Sharing the American Road

Informationen zum Autor James Longhurst is associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He is author of Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road (University of Washington Press, 2015) and Citizen Environmentalists (University Press of New England, 2010). Klappentext James Longhurst is associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin¿La Crosse and author of Citizen Environmentalists . Zusammenfassung Americans have been riding bikes for more than a century now. So why are most American cities still so ill-prepared to handle cyclists? James Longhurst! a historian and avid cyclist! tackles that question by tracing the contentious debates between American bike riders! motorists! and pedestrians over the shared road. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1. Get Out of the Road! 2. The Right Sort of People 3. The Rules of the Road 4. Victory Bike Battles 5. 1950's Syndrome 6. Bikes Are Beautiful Conclusion Acknowledgments Note on Citations and Sources Abbreviations Notes Select Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: James Longhurst
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.04.2015
• EAN: 9780295994680
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99468-0
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 225 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Motorsport, motorcycle sport, bicycle sport, aviation sport; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous