The Stadium Century: Sport, Spectatorship and Mass Society in Modern France

by Robert W Lewis and Robert W. Lewis

The stadium century traces the history of stadia and mass spectatorship in modern France from the v lodromes of the late nineteenth century to the construction of the Stade de France before the 1998 soccer World Cup. As the book demonstrates, the stadium was at the centre of debates over public health and urban development and proved to be a key space for mobilising the urban crowd for political rallies and spectator sporting events alike. After 1945,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526106248
• ISBN13: 9781526106247
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"