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"Shows that sport has been for us moderns the ultimate "tabula
rasa" into which we pour our hopes, fears, prejudices and
self-interest."--Robert A. Nye, author of "Crime, Madness, &
Politics in Modern France" and "Masculinity and Male Codes of Honor
in Modern France"
"Chris Thompson has written an engaging, nicely-paced account of
France's world-famous cycle race: his writing is lively and full of
detail and excitement. But he has done much more than simply
narrate the story of the Tour. His book sets the race--its history,
its participants and its meaning--firmly in its shifting national
and cultural contexts. The sections dealing with professional
cycling as a form of labor and with the Tour's place in France's
troubled twentieth century are absolutely first-rate: insightful
and original. This is the best history of the Tour that we have and
are likely to have for many years, a work of scholarship that
deserves to find a broad general readership."--Tony Judt, author of
"Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945"
This groundbreaking collection examines the regional dynamics of
state societies, looking at how people use the concepts of urban
and rural, traditional and modern, and industrial and agricultural
to define their existence and the experience of living in
contemporary Japanese society. The book focuses on the Tohoku
(Northeast) region, which many Japanese consider rural, agrarian,
undeveloped economically, and the epitome of the traditional way of
life. While this stereotype overstates the case-the region is home
to one of Japan's largest cities-most Japanese contrast Tohoku
(everything traditional) with Tokyo (everything modern). However,
the contributors show how various regional
phenomena-internationalization, lacquerware production, farming,
enka (modern Japanese ballads), women's roles, and professional
dance -combine the traditional, the modern, and the global.
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