Bibliograph

The Tour de France, a cultural history, Christopher S. Thompson

Type

Label

The Tour de France, a cultural history, Christopher S. Thompson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-361) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Tour de France

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

61285606

Responsibility statement

Christopher S. Thompson

Sub title

a cultural history

Table Of 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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