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876091
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Reed, Eric, (Professor of history)
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| Title & Author
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Selling the yellow jersey : : the Tour de France in the global era /\ Eric Reed.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago ;London :: The University of Chicago Press,, 2015.
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, ©2015
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1 online resource :: illustrations, maps
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022620653X
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: 022620667X
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: 9780226206530
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: 9780226206677
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9780226206530
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; Chapter 1. Sport, Bicycling, and Globalization in the Print Era: Convergences and Divergences; Chapter 2. The Tour, Greatest of the Turn-of-the- Century Bicycle Races; Chapter 3. The Tour and Television: A Love- Hate Story; Chapter 4. The French School of Cycling; Chapter 5. The Tour in the Provinces: Sport and Small Cities in the Global Age; Chapter 6. The Tour's Globalizing Agenda in the Television Age; Chapter 7. The Global Tour and Its Stars; Afterword: Doping and the Tour on the World Stage; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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Eric Reed examines the Tour de France's development as well as the event's global athletic, cultural, and commercial influences. He explores the behind-the-scenes growth of the Tour, while simultaneously chronicling France's role as a dynamic force in the global arena.
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Tour de France (Bicycle race)-- History.
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Tour de France (Bicycle race)
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Bicycle racing-- France-- History.
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Bicycle racing.
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GAMES-- Gambling-- Sports.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Essays.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- General.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- History.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Reference.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Sports.
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France.
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| Dewey Classification
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796.6/20944
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GV1049.2.T68R44 2015eb
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