The Tour de France, Updated with a New Preface
A Cultural History
Seiten
2008
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-25630-9 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-25630-9 (ISBN)
Tells the story of the Tour de France since its creation in 1903. This book links the history of the Tour to key moments and themes in French history. It examines the popularity of Tour racers, and explores how their public images have changed.
In this highly original history of the world's most famous bicycle race, Christopher S. Thompson, mining previously neglected sources and writing with infectious enthusiasm for his subject, tells the compelling story of the Tour de France from its creation in 1903 to the present. Weaving the words of racers, politicians, Tour organizers, and a host of other commentators together with a wide-ranging analysis of the culture surrounding the event - including posters, songs, novels, films, and media coverage - Thompson links the history of the Tour to key moments and themes in French history. Examining the enduring popularity of Tour racers, Thompson explores how their public images have changed over the past century. A new preface explores the long-standing problem of doping in light of recent scandals.
In this highly original history of the world's most famous bicycle race, Christopher S. Thompson, mining previously neglected sources and writing with infectious enthusiasm for his subject, tells the compelling story of the Tour de France from its creation in 1903 to the present. Weaving the words of racers, politicians, Tour organizers, and a host of other commentators together with a wide-ranging analysis of the culture surrounding the event - including posters, songs, novels, films, and media coverage - Thompson links the history of the Tour to key moments and themes in French history. Examining the enduring popularity of Tour racers, Thompson explores how their public images have changed over the past century. A new preface explores the long-standing problem of doping in light of recent scandals.
Christopher S. Thompson is Associate Professor of History at Ball State University.
Preface to the 2008 Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. La Grande Boucle: Cycling, Progress, and Modernity
2. Itineraries, Narratives, and Identities
3· The Geants de La Route: Gender and Heroism
4. L 'Auto's Ouvriers de La PedaLe: Work, Class, and the Tour de France, 1903-1939
5· The Forr;ats de La Route: Exploits, Exploitation, and the Politics of Athletic Excess, 1903-1939
6. What Price Heroism? Work, Sport, and Drugs in Postwar France
Epilogue
Appendix: Racers' Occupations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.4.2008 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 24 b-w photographs, 1 map |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 590 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-25630-1 / 0520256301 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-25630-9 / 9780520256309 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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