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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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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 06-8650 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 385 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- 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.
- Call Number
- 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.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780520247604
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-8650