| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Eric Reed examines the Tour de France's development as well as the event's global athletic, cultural, and commercial influences. He explores the behind-the-scenes growth of the Tour, while simultaneously chronicling France's role as a dynamic force in the global arena. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; Chapter 1. Sport, Bicycling, and Globalization in the Print Era: Convergences and Divergences; Chapter 2. The Tour, Greatest of the Turn-of-the- Century Bicycle Races; Chapter 3. The Tour and Television: A Love- Hate Story; Chapter 4. The French School of Cycling; Chapter 5. The Tour in the Provinces: Sport and Small Cities in the Global Age; Chapter 6. The Tour's Globalizing Agenda in the Television Age; Chapter 7. The Global Tour and Its Stars; Afterword: Doping and the Tour on the World Stage; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tour de France (Bicycle race) -- History.
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Tour de France (Bicycle race) |
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History. |
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Bicycle racing -- France -- History.
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Bicycle racing. |
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France. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- General. |
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference. |
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reed, Eric (Professor of history). Selling the yellow jersey 9780226206530 (DLC) 2014020845 (OCoLC)871670667 |
| ISBN |
9780226206677 (electronic book) |
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022620667X (electronic book) |
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022620653X |
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9780226206530 |
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9780226206530 (print) |
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