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The Tour de France : a cultural history

Title
The Tour de France : a cultural history / Christopher S. Thompson.
Author
Thompson, Christopher S., 1959-
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.
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Description
x, 385 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Tour de France (Bicycle race) > History
  • Bicycle racing > Social aspects > France
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-361) and index.
Contents
La grande boucle : cycling, progress, and modernity -- Itineraries, narratives, and identities -- The géants de la route : gender and heroism -- L'auto's ouvriers de la pédale : work, class, and the Tour de France, 1903-1939 -- The forçats de la route : exploits, exploitation, and the politics of athletic excess, 1903-1939 -- What price heroism? work, sport, and drugs in postwar France.
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JFE 06-8650
ISBN
0520247604 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2005023760
  • 9780520247604
OCLC
61285606
Author
Thompson, Christopher S., 1959-
Title
The Tour de France : a cultural history / Christopher S. Thompson.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-361) and index.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
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9780520247604
Research Call Number
JFE 06-8650
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