Appropriating the city: Space, theory, and bike messengers

Theory and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-328

  Kidder, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 64249093666     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-008-9079-8     Document Type: Article

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