The Tour De France, 1903-2003 - A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values

This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition.

Table des matières

1 The Tour de France - a pre-modern contest in a post-modern context, Hugh Dauncey and Geoff Hare; 2 The changing organisation of the Tour de France and its media coverage - an interview with race director Jean-Marie Leblanc by Dominique Marchetti; 3 The Tour de France and cycling's Belle Epoque, Philippe Gaboriau; 4 The Tour in the Inter-War years - Political Ideology, Athletic Excess and Industrial Modernity, Christopher Thompson; 5 The Economics of the Tour 1930-2003, Eric Reed; 6 The Tour as an agent of change in media production, Fabien Willel; 7 Beating the bounds - the Tour and the creation of national identity, Christophe Campos; 8 French cycling heroes of the Tour - Winners and Losers, Hugh Dauncey; 9 Se faire naturaliser cycliste - The Tour and its non-French competitors, John Marks; 10 The Tour de France and the doping issue, Patrick Mignon; 11 A cote du Tour - ambushing the Tour for political and social causes, Jean-Francois Polo; 12 Chronology of the Tour 1902-2003.

A propos de l'auteur

Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Hugh Dauncey (Editeur), Dauncey Hugh (Editeur), Geoff Hare (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor and Francis
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.07.2003
• EAN: 9780714682976
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-8297-6
• Pages: 328
• Poids: 610 g
• Thème: Sport in the Global Society
• Catégories: Livres de conseils > Sport > Général, dictionnaires, manuels, annuaires, histoire; SPORTS & RECREATION / Cycling, cycling, Cycle racing