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The stadium century investigates why and how French spectators attended major sporting events in such vast numbers through the twentieth century, demonstrating the associated connections between urbanism, politics and sport.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Half Title, Series Info, Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. p. v
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  1. List of Figures
  2. p. vi
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-14
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  1. 1. A ‘grand stade’ for Paris: stadia, urban planning and the 1924 Olympics
  2. pp. 15-46
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  1. 2. ‘A civic tool of modern times’: politics, mass society and the stadium
  2. pp. 47-85
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  1. 3. Sportsmen or savages? Stadium sport and its spectators, 1900–60
  2. pp. 86-126
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  1. 4. Stadium travels: spectatorship, territorial identity and global connections, 1900–60
  2. pp. 127-168
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  1. 5. Postwar modernisation and the stadium, 1945–98
  2. pp. 169-212
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 213-226
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 227-233
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