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Selling the Yellow Jersey
Eric Reed
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Description for Selling the Yellow Jersey
Hardcover. Yellow Livestrong wristbands were taken off across America early last year when Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he had doped during the seven Tour de France races he won. This book examines the Tour's development in France as well as the event's global athletic, cultural, and commercial influences. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 halftones, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WSBX; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Yellow Livestrong wristbands were taken off across America early last year when Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he had doped during the seven Tour de France races he won. But the foreign cycling world, which always viewed Armstrong with suspicion, had already moved on. The bellwether events of the year were Chris Froome's victory in the Tour and the ousting of Pat McQuaid as director of the Union Cycliste Internationale. Even without Armstrong, the Tour will roll on-its gigantic entourage includes more than 200 racers, 450 journalists, 260 cameramen, 2,400 support vehicles carrying 4,500 people, and a sevenmile-long ... Read more
Yellow Livestrong wristbands were taken off across America early last year when Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he had doped during the seven Tour de France races he won. But the foreign cycling world, which always viewed Armstrong with suspicion, had already moved on. The bellwether events of the year were Chris Froome's victory in the Tour and the ousting of Pat McQuaid as director of the Union Cycliste Internationale. Even without Armstrong, the Tour will roll on-its gigantic entourage includes more than 200 racers, 450 journalists, 260 cameramen, 2,400 support vehicles carrying 4,500 people, and a sevenmile-long ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226206530
SKU
V9780226206530
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About Eric Reed
Eric Reed is associate professor of history at Western Kentucky University.
Reviews for Selling the Yellow Jersey
"In this original and compelling examination of the Tour de France's commercial, economic, and cultural history, Reed inserts the world's greatest bicycle race into the broader narrative of globalization even as he illustrates the important role local and national context plays in shaping the Tour's many meanings." (Christopher Thompson, author of The Tour de France: A Cultural History)"