French cycling a social and cultural history
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- ISBN: 1846317851
- ISBN: 9781846317859
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1 online resource (vi, 290 pages) - Publisher: Liverpool : Liverpool Univ. Press, 2012.
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. French cycling: issues and themes -- 2. The early years: cycling in search of 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 -- Index. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access may be restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
Language Note: | In English. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Cycling Social aspects France Cycling France History |