The Tour de France : a cultural history /
Thompson, Christopher S.,1959-
Berkeley ; London : University of California Press,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-361) and index.
La grande boucle : cycling, progress, and modernity -- Itineraries, narratives, and identities -- The géants de la route : gender and heroism -- L'auto's ouvriers de la pédale : work, class, and the Tour de France, 1903-1939 -- The forçats de la route : exploits, exploitation, and the politics of athletic excess, 1903-1939 -- What price heroism? work, sport, and drugs in postwar France.
Tour de France (Bicycle race)
Bicycle racing