Sport in Paris: Retracing the Culture of Play and Games in the City of Light (1854-2024) (Paperback)

Contents: Maxence Leconte: Introduction: Looking Back, Moving Forward?The History and Culture of Sport in Paris ? Corry Cropper and Pratima Prasad: Reinventing Le Sport: Eugene Chapus, Identity and the Parisian Elite ? David L. Chapman: Wrestling at the Fete Foraine: Force and Farce at the Fair (1850?1950) ? Martin Hurcombe: Bringing Marathon to Paris: The Press and the Promotion of Endurance Running in the Belle Epoque ? Pierre-Olaf Schut: Paris and the Olympic Games: A Comparative History ? Rachel Ozerkevich: Public Participation and Amateur Exclusivity: Revisiting the Depiction of the 1900 Paris Games in the Illustrated Sports Press ? Roxanna Curto: Paris and la Petite Balle Jaune: Two Centuries of Jeu de Paume, Royal Tennis and Lawn Tennis in the City of Light ? Maxence Leconte and Thomas Bauer: (Re)mapping Sports Literature in Paris during the Interwar Period ? Florys Castan-Vicente: The Femina-Sport Club in Interwar Paris: All Sports for All Women ? Stephane Hadjeras (trans. by Maxence Leconte): Carpentier vs. Siki: The Black Boxer’s Pyrrhic Victory in Paris, Capital of the French Colonial Republic ? Sebastien Moreau and Sylvain Ville: ≪Thanks to the Palais des Sports, Paris will be the Sports Capital of Europe≫: L’Auto, Jeff Dickson, and the Vel d’Hiv (1909?1959) ? Robert W. Lewis: The ≪Ronde Infernale≫ on the Rue Nelaton: The Six Jours de Paris (1913?1958) ? Keith Rathbone: Franco-Antipodean Sports Contacts: A Transnational History of Sport ? Joan Tumblety: The Cure d’Exercice: Understanding the Therapeutic Value of Sport and Physical Exercise in the Paris Region, c. 1880?1950 ? Paul Dietschy: The Long Road of Professional Football in Paris, from the Belle Epoque to the Bosman Ruling ? Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff and Christelle Bertho: France and the United States: Paris as a Land of Welcome, Adoption, and Opportunity for ≪American≫ Basketball, from the YMCA to the NBA.