Bicycle

Dr Jonathan Maskit (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2024
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-5013-3809-0 (ISBN)

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

These days the bicycle often appears as an interloper in a world constructed for cars. An almost miraculous 19th-century contraption, the bicycle promises to transform our lives and the world we live in, yet its time seems always yet-to-come or long-gone-by. Jonathan Maskit takes us on an interdisciplinary ride to see what makes the bicycle a magical machine that could yet make the world a safer, greener, and more just place.

Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Jonathan Maskit is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at Denison University, USA.

List of Figures
1. A Tale of Two Cyborgs
2. A Brief History
3. The Magical Machine
4. The Death Machine
5. What Does It Mean to Share the Road?
6. Right of Way
7. Bicycle Diaries
8. Motorism and Motorists
9. The Visible and the Invisible
10. Ghost Bikes
11. Idaho Stop
12. Space
13. History Repeats Itself
15. Dark Clouds, Silver Linings
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Notes
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.01.2024
Reihe/Serie	Object Lessons
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	121 x 165 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-5013-3809-9 / 1501338099
ISBN-13	978-1-5013-3809-0 / 9781501338090
Zustand	Neuware