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1. La Grande Boucle: Cycling, Progress, And Modernity
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Christopher S. Thompson
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. La Grande Boucle: Cycling, Progress, And Modernity 7
- 2. Itineraries, Narratives, And Identities 51
- 3. The Géants De La Route: Gender And Heroism 95
- 4. L’Auto’S Ouvriers De La Pédale:Work, Class, And The Tour De France, 1903–1939 141
- 5. The Forçats De La Route: Exploits, Exploitation, And The Politics Of Athletic Excess, 1903–1939 180
- 6. What Price Heroism? Work, Sport, And Drugs In Postwar France 215
- Epilogue 256
- Appendix: Racers’ Occupations 267
- Notes 269
- Bibliography 345
- Index 363
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. La Grande Boucle: Cycling, Progress, And Modernity 7
- 2. Itineraries, Narratives, And Identities 51
- 3. The Géants De La Route: Gender And Heroism 95
- 4. L’Auto’S Ouvriers De La Pédale:Work, Class, And The Tour De France, 1903–1939 141
- 5. The Forçats De La Route: Exploits, Exploitation, And The Politics Of Athletic Excess, 1903–1939 180
- 6. What Price Heroism? Work, Sport, And Drugs In Postwar France 215
- Epilogue 256
- Appendix: Racers’ Occupations 267
- Notes 269
- Bibliography 345
- Index 363
