Details

ISBN-10: 1902593596
ISBN-13: 9781902593593
Publisher: AK Press
Publish Date: 09/01/2002
Dimensions: 8.98" L, 6.36" W, 0.57" H

Critical Mass: Bicycling’s Defiant Celebration

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Price: $18.95

Overview

Monthly in cities around the world, bicyclists take over the streets in an “organized coincidence” called Critical Mass. Riding along several hundred strong, hooting and hollering, whistling, laughing and singing; it is a coup on wheels, a clever tactical strike against our oil-dependent culture. Containing writings from participants worldwide, this colorful book bundles together 10 years of legendary debates, photographs, artwork, and life-transforming experiences evolving from the celebratory, visionary revolt on bicycles called Critical Mass.

Chris Carlsson is a founder and editor of the notorious underground magazine, Processed World, and the director of the historical multimedia project, Shaping San Francisco. He was recently awarded the Golden Wheel Award by the San Francisco Bike Coalition for founding Critical Mass in 1992.

  • Chris Carlsson is a writer, San Francisco historian, professor, bicyclist, tour guide, blogger, photographer, book and magazine designer. He's lived in San Francisco since 1978. He has written two books, edited five, including Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration (AK Press: 1992), The Political Edge (City Lights, 2005), Ten Years That Shook the City (City Lights, 2011) and others. He helped co-found Critical Mass in September 1992, and has ridden with Critical Mass rides in a dozen cities on three continents since then. He has been propelled into extended world travels since 2002. He has directed Shaping San Francisco since its inception in the mid-1990s, and continues to be co-director of the archive of San Francisco history at FoundSF.org. He also conducts award-winning bicycle history tours a dozen times a year, and hosts an ongoing Public Talks series in San Francisco.

     

    www.chriscarlsson.com

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Details

ISBN-10: 1902593596
ISBN-13: 9781902593593
Publisher: AK Press
Publish Date: 09/01/2002
Dimensions: 8.98" L, 6.36" W, 0.57" H
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