The Tour de France, 1903-2003 : a century of sporting structures, meanings, and values / Tour de France, nineteen hundred and three-two thousand and three Tour de France, nineteen hundred and three-two thousand three Tour de France, 1903 to 2003 editors, Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare. - xxii, 289 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. - Sport in the global society . - Sport in the global society. .

"This group of studies first appeared as a special issue of The international journal of the history of sport ... Vol. 20, No. 2, June 2003"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Series Editor's Foreword / The Tour de France: A Pre-Modern Contest in a Post-Modern Context / The Changing Organization of the Tour de France and its Media Coverage - An Interview with Jean-Marie Leblanc / The Tour de France and Cycling's Belle Epoque / The Tour in the Inter-War Years: Political Ideology, Athletic Excess and Industrial Modernity / The Economics of the Tour, 1930-2003 / The Tour de France as an Agent of Change in Media Production / Beating the Bounds: The Tour de France and National Identity / French Cycling Heroes of the Tour: Winners and Losers / Se faire naturaliser cycliste: The Tour and its Non-French Competition / The Tour de France and the Doping Issue / A cote du Tour: Ambushing the Tour for Political and Social Causes / Chronology of the Tour 1902-2003. Eugen Weber -- J. A. Mangan -- Hugh Dauncey and Geoff Hare -- Dominique Marchetti -- Philippe Gaboriau -- Christopher Thompson -- Eric Reed -- Fabien Wille -- Christophe Campos -- Hugh Dauncey -- John Marks -- Patrick Mignon -- Jean-Francois Polo -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

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Tour de France (Bicycle race)--History.


Bicycle racing--Social aspects--History.--France
Nationalism and sports--History--France

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