| Descript |
x, 385 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-361) and index |
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La grande boucle : cycling, progress, and modernity in twentieth-century France -- Itineraries, narratives, and identities in twentieth-century France -- The giants de la route : gender and heroism in twentieth-century France -- L'auto's ouvriers de la pedale : work, class, and the Tour de France, 1903/1939 -- The forats de la route : exploits, exploitation, and the politics of athletic excess, 1903/1939 -- At what price heroism? : work, sport, and drugs in postwar France |
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Tour de France (Bicycle race) -- History
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Bicycle racing -- Social aspects -- France
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