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Description for French Cycling
Hardcover. Identifying key events, practices, stakeholders and institutions in the history of French cycling, this volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how cycling has been significant in French society and culture since the late Nineteenth century. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; WSBX; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.
French Cycling: a Social and Cultural History aims to provide a balanced and detailed analytical survey of the complex leisure activity, sport, and industry that is cycling in France. Identifying key events, practices, stakeholders and institutions in the history of French cycling, the volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how cycling has been significant in French society and culture since the late Nineteenth century. Cycling as Leisure is considered through reference to the adoption of the bicycle as ... Read more
An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.
French Cycling: a Social and Cultural History aims to provide a balanced and detailed analytical survey of the complex leisure activity, sport, and industry that is cycling in France. Identifying key events, practices, stakeholders and institutions in the history of French cycling, the volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how cycling has been significant in French society and culture since the late Nineteenth century. Cycling as Leisure is considered through reference to the adoption of the bicycle as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846318351
SKU
V9781846318351
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About Hugh Dauncey
Hugh Dauncey is Senior Lecturer in French at Newcastle University. He has authored and edited numerous studies of French popular culture, including (with G. Hare) The Tour de France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values (Frank Cass, 2003) and France and the 1998 World Cup: The National Impact of a World Sporting Event (Frank Cass, 1999).
Reviews for French Cycling
Reviews'The style of writing is clear and accessible to a reader new to the subject, but the multiple dimensions of this work mean that even those readers with specialist knowledge of one kind or another are likely to find much of interest.' Edward Nye 'Hugh Dauncey is to be commended for taking on such an ambitious project and for ... Read more