| Description |
vi, 290 pages ; 24 cm |
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Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 23 |
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Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 23
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.French Cycling: Issues and Themes -- 2.The Early Years: Cycling in Search of an Identity, 1869-1891 -- 3.Towards Sporting Modernity: Sport as the Driver of Cycling, 1891-1902 -- 4.The Belle Epoque and the First World War: Industry, Sport, Utility and Leisure, 1903-1918 -- 5.Cycling between the Wars: Sport, Recreation, Ideology, 1919-1939 -- 6.From Defeat to the New France: Sport and Society, Cycling and Everyday Life, 1940-1959 -- 7.Cycling's Glory Years and their Mediatization, 1960-1980 -- 8.Cycling in Transformation: Industry, Recreation, Sport, 1980-2000 -- 9.French Cycling in Quest of a New Identity, 2000-2011 -- 10.A Sense of Cycling in France |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Bicycle racing -- Social aspects -- France -- History.
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Bicycle racing -- France.
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Cycling -- Social aspects -- France -- History.
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Cycling -- Social aspects -- France.
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Cycling -- France -- History.
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Nationalism and sports -- France -- History.
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Nationalism and sports -- France.
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| ISBN |
1846318351 (hardback.) |
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9781846318351 (hardback.) |
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