French Cycling A Social and Cultural History

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 presen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dauncey, Hugh
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool Liverpool University Press 2012
Series:Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
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Collection: OAPEN - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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. Based on a very wide range of primary and secondary sources, the volume aims to present in clear language an explanation of the varied significance of cycling in France over the last hundred years.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
ISBN:j.ctt5vjd61
9781781386590