{"product_id":"racing-time-bertrand-fincoeur-9782889155712","title":"Racing Time: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Tour de France","description":"\u003cb\u003eA book that fills a niche in academic analysis of the Tour de France.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Tour de France is an event known worldwide by both fans of cycling and the general public as a distinguished and extreme physical challenge. Since the 1990s, however, the Tour has also become notorious as a testing ground for performance enhancement and a proving ground for anti-doping measures. The Tour has long been the focus of books that concentrate on racing, the personalities, the scandals, and gossip. Racing Time, instead, offers a serious study of the event, analyzed within its political, social, cultural, and economic context. \u003ci\u003eRacing Time\u003c\/i\u003e presents expert analyses of a range of topics and issues which the recent history of the Tour has shown to be of contemporary significance, including several studies that examine issues around doping from a range of perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bertrand Fincoeur, Kirsten Frandsen, Christopher Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 2889155714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782889155712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Epfl Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Bertrand Fincoeur","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44652522897663,"sku":"9782889155712","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe5b96ef-26aa-48a0-89fd-58667fee7cc6.jpg?v=1704216527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/racing-time-bertrand-fincoeur-9782889155712","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}