Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

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