Bicycle Messengers and the Road to Freedom
The Sociological ReviewPublished 18 September 2006
Ben Fincham
Citations74
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Abstract
Despite its promise of freedom and autonomy, the ubiquity of the automobile has influenced unforeseen ecological, social, and political change. In Against Automobility, a panel of distinguished scholars take a critical look at the contradiction of the automobile.
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