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Urban flow : bike messengers and the city

Title
  1. Urban flow : bike messengers and the city / Jeffrey L. Kidder.
Published by
  1. Ithaca : ILR Press, 2011.
Author
  1. Kidder, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Lowell), 1977-

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Description
  1. x, 240 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  1. Bicycle messengers > United States > Social conditions
  2. Sociology, Urban > United States
  3. Sociology, Urban
  4. Fahrradkurier
  5. Stadtsoziologie
  6. Kultursoziologie
  7. United States
  8. USA
Contents
  1. Introduction : the lure of delivery -- The job -- The lifestyle -- Men's work and dirty work -- Playing in traffic -- The deep play of alleycats -- The affective appropriation of space -- The meaning of messenger style -- Conclusion : the politics of appropriation.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.