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Author:

Thompson, Christopher S., 1959-

Title:

The Tour de France : a cultural history / Christopher S. Thompson.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

x, 385 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Tour de France (Bicycle race)--History.
Bicycle racing--Social aspects--France.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

9780520247604
9780520247604 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520247604 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61285606

LCCN:

2005023760

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)