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Bike Battles : A History of Sharing the American Road /

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 ove...

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Autor principal: Longhurst, James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Washington Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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