Pedalare! Pedalare!
Autor John Footen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mai 2011
Cycling
was
a
sport
so
important
in
Italy
that
it
marked
a
generation,
sparked
fears
of
civil
war,
changed
the
way
Italian
was
spoken,
led
to
legal
reform
and
even
prompted
the
Pope
himself
to
praise
a
cyclist,
by
name,
from
his
balcony
in
St
Peter's
in
Rome.
It
was
a
sport
so
popular
that
it
created
the
geography
of
Italy
in
the
minds
of
her
citizens,
and
some
have
said
that
it
was
cycling,
not
political
change,
that
united
Italy.
Pedalare!
Pedalare!is
the
first
complete
history
of
Italian
cycling
to
be
published
in
English.
The
book
moves
chronologically
from
the
first
Giro
d'Italia
(Italy's
equivalent
of
the
Tour
de
France)
in
1909
to
the
present
day.
The
tragedies
and
triumphs
of
great
riders
such
as
Fausto
Coppi
and
Gino
Bartali
appear
alongside
stories
of
the
support
riders,
snow-bound
mountains
and
the
first
and
only
woman
to
ride
the
whole
Giro.
Cycling's
relationship
with
Italian
history,
politics
and
culture
is
always
up
front,
with
reference
to
fascism,
the
cold
war
and
the
effect
of
two
world
wars.
The
sport
is
explored
alongside
changes
in
Italian
society
as
a
whole,
from
the
poor
peasants
who
took
up
cycling
in
the
early,
pioneering
period,
to
the
slick,
professional
sport
of
today.
Scandals
and
controversy
appear
throughout
the
book
as
constant
features
of
the
connection
between
fans,
journalists
and
cycling.
Concluding
with
an
examination
of
doping,
which
has
helped
to
destroy
what
was
at
one
time
the
most
popular
sport
of
all,Pedalare,
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780747595212
ISBN-10: 0747595216
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0747595216
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
John
Foot
is
Professor
of
Modern
Italian
History
in
the
Department
of
Italian,
University
College
London.
He
has
published
many
books
both
in
Italy
and
in
the
UK
and
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
If
you
read
only
one
sporting
book
this
year,
make
itPedalare!
Pedalare!...
Absorbing,
compelling
and
brilliant
Sparkling ... alive with terrific characters ... The key to [Foot's] success lies with the larger-than-life characters who people these pages
The first general account in English of the second biking culture ... As this year's Giro d'Italia hopefuls head out over a dramatic parcours, the ghosts Foot evokes will stir once more
An expert on sport, but more importantly on Italian culture, history and society, [John Foot] has now turned his eye to cycling ... If you want to understand Italian cycling, read this book ... Fascinating
Sparkling ... alive with terrific characters ... The key to [Foot's] success lies with the larger-than-life characters who people these pages
The first general account in English of the second biking culture ... As this year's Giro d'Italia hopefuls head out over a dramatic parcours, the ghosts Foot evokes will stir once more
An expert on sport, but more importantly on Italian culture, history and society, [John Foot] has now turned his eye to cycling ... If you want to understand Italian cycling, read this book ... Fascinating
Descriere
The
story
of
Italian
cycling
is
the
story
of
Italy
in
the
twentieth
century.