1 option
Sport in Paris : retracing the culture of play and games in the City of Light (1854-2024) / Maxence P. Leconte, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Sport, history, and culture ; v. 14.
- Sport, history and culture ; vol. 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--France--Paris--History.
- Sports.
- Sports--Social aspects--France--Paris--History.
- Paris (France)--Social life and customs.
- Paris (France).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 421 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2025]
- Contents:
- Introduction : looking back, moving forward : the history and culture of sport in Paris / Maxence Leconte
- Reinventing le sport : Eugène Chapus, identity and the Parisian elite / Corry Cropper, Pratima Prasad
- Wrestling at the Fête Foraine : force and farce at the fair (1850-1950) / David L. Chapman
- Bringing Marathon to Paris : the press and the promotion of endurance running in the Belle Epoque / Martin Hurcombe
- Paris and the Olympic Games : a comparative history / Pierre-Olaf Schut
- Public participation and amateur exclusivity : revisiting the depiction of the 1900 Paris Games in the illustrated sports press / Rachel Ozerkevich
- Paris and la petite balle jaune : two centuries of Jeu de Paume, royal tennis and lawn tennis in the City of Light / Roxanna Curto
- (Re)mapping sports literature in Paris during the interwar period / Maxence Leconte, Thomas Bauer
- The Fémina-Sport Club in interwar Paris : all sports for all women / Florys Castan-Vicente
- Carpentier vs Siki : the Black boxer's pyrrhic victory in Paris, capital of the French colonial republic / Stéphane Hadjeras
- 'Thanks to the Palais des Sports, Paris will be the sports capital of Europe' : L'Auto, Jeff Dickson, and the Vél d'Hiv (1909-1959) / Sébastien Moreau, Sylvain Ville
- The 'Ronde Infernale' on the Rue Nélaton : the Six Jours de Paris (1913-1958) / Robert W. Lewis
- Franco-antipodean sports contacts : a transnational history of sport / Keith Rathbone
- The cure d'exercice : understanding the therapeutic value of sport and physical exercise in the Paris region, c. 1880-1950 / Joan Tumblety
- The long road of professional football in Paris, from the Belle Époque to the Bosman ruling / Paul Dietschy
- France and US : Paris as a land of welcome, adoption, and opportunity for 'American' basketball, from the YMCA to the NBA / Lindsay S. Krasnoff, Christelle Bertho.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 19, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Sport in Paris
- ISBN:
- 9781803742366
- 1803742364
- 9781803742373
- 1803742372
- Publisher Number:
- 90101396398
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.