The Tour de France 1903-2002
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Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780714653624
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The Tour De France, 1903-2003
Author: Hugh Dauncey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-08-02
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1135762392
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition. This study provides interdisciplinary and varied perspectives on the sporting, cultural, social, economic and political significance of the Tour within and outside France, giving a comprehensive and authoritative investigation of up-to-the minute thinking on what the Tour means, now and in the past, to competitors, to France, to the French public, to the cultural history of sport, and the sport of cycling itself.
Tour de France
Author: James Startt
Publisher:
Published: 2007-09
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781422390023
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book celebrates the 100th birthday in 2003 of the legendary Tour de France bicycle race -- & the world¿s biggest annual sporting event. Arranged chronologically & illus. with hundreds of wonderfully evocative photos dating back to the Tour¿s beginning in 1903, this book documents the great victories & the harrowing disasters, the glory & the agony of this amazing competition. From the astounding stories of the cyclists who looped around France on rudimentary two-wheelers to the modern tactics & winning moves employed in recent races, the drama of the Tour comes to life here. Features full race results from 1903 through 2002. Special sections on the evolution of the Tour de France bike & the controversial issue of performance-enhancing drugs.
Tour de France
Author: Christopher S. Thompson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2008-03-08
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780520934863
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this highly original history of the world's most famous bicycle race, Christopher S. Thompson, mining previously neglected sources and writing with infectious enthusiasm for his subject, tells the compelling story of the Tour de France from its creation in 1903 to the present. Weaving the words of racers, politicians, Tour organizers, and a host of other commentators together with a wide-ranging analysis of the culture surrounding the event including posters, songs, novels, films, and media coverage Thompson links the history of the Tour to key moments and themes in French history. Examining the enduring popularity of Tour racers, Thompson explores how their public images have changed over the past century. A new preface explores the long-standing problem of doping in light of recent scandals.
The Tour de France, 1903-2003
Author: Hugh Dauncey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780714682976
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition. This study provides interdisciplinary and varied perspectives on the sporting, cultural, social, economic and political significance of the Tour within and outside France, giving a comprehensive and authoritative investigation of up-to-the minute thinking on what the Tour means, now and in the past, to competitors, to France, to the French public, to the cultural history of sport, and the sport of cycling itself.
Tour de France 2002
Author: Jacques Augendre
Publisher:
Published: 2002-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781931382113
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sixty full-color photos bring immediacy to the renowned cycling odyssey that crosses through some of France's most beautiful -- and most harrowing -- terrain. Augendre encapsulates each stage of the three-week tour with behind-the-scenes anecdotes, statistical information, and graphic representations in this definitive guide accessible to all sports enthusiasts.
Le Tour
Author: Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 0743449924
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When Henri Desgrange began a new bicycle road race in 1903, he saw it as little more than a temporary publicity stunt to promote his newspaper. The 60 cyclists who left Paris to ride through the night to Lyons that first July had little idea they were pioneers of the most famous of all bike races, which would reach its centenary as one of the greatest sporting events on earth. Geoffrey Wheatcroft's masterly history of the Tour de France's first hundred years is not just a hugely entertaining canter through some great Tour stories; nor is it merely a homage to the riders whose names—Coppi, Simpson, Mercx, Armstrong—are synonymous with the event's folly and glory. Focusing too on the race's role in French cultural life, it provides a unique and fascinating insight into Europe's 20th century.
Sport, Media and Mega-Events
Author: Lawrence A. Wenner
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-03-27
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 1317397436
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Bringing together many of the most influential scholars in sport and media studies, this book examines the diverse ways that media influences our understanding of the world’s most important sport events, dubbed sports mega-events. It sheds new light on how these events have been changed by the media, and have, in turn, adapted to media to further their brand’s cultural influence. Focusing on the central concept of "mediatization" – the permeation of media into all spheres of contemporary life – the book presents original case studies of major events including the Olympics, FIFA, rugby and cricket World Cups, Tour de France, Super Bowl, World Series, Monaco Grand Prix, Wimbledon, and many more. Written from a truly international perspective, this is a seminal work in sport and media studies that reveals the growing political, economic, and cultural influences of sport mega-events in contemporary society. Sport, Media and Mega-Events is an essential text for any course on the sociology of sport, event management, sport marketing, or featuring a cultural, communication or media studies approach to sport.
Sport and Mediatization
Author: Kirsten Frandsen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-11-05
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1000732819
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Contemporary society is highly media-saturated, and no sector more so than sport. Drawing on case studies from the Tour de France to fitness apps, this book introduces the concept of ‘mediatization’ and examines how media - historically and currently – are significant drivers for social and cultural change in sport. Utilizing different analytical approaches, case studies illustrate how so-called legacy media have historically been involved in the establishment of the institution of sport and have persistently been heavily involved in structural changes in the same domain. However, digital media currently add significantly to the development of a more complex picture of globalized interdependencies and still growing media presence in all aspects of the everyday lives of both sporting organizations, athletes and audiences/fans. The book seeks to eschew media centrism, acknowledging that changes are not only ’driven’ by media but also related to other macro-social forces of change, such as globalization, commercialization, and individualization. Offering a new analytical framework, Sport and Mediatization enables students and scholars in the transdisciplinary field of media and sports studies to analyze and understand the influence of media in a much more complex environment.
The Tour de France, 1903-1998
Author: Keiran J. Dunne
Publisher: Common Ground Publishing
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781612292007
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