272 pages
6 illustrations
December 2008
978-0-8032-1899-4
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Mountain Stages and How-to Manuals
1. Paume Anyone? Representing Real Tennis after the Tennis Court Oath
2. The Spanish Bullfight in France: Goya, Gautier, and Mérimée
3. Trictrac and Chess as Models of Historical Discourse: Chance in the Works of Balzac and Mérimée
4. Of Rabbits and Kings: Hunting and Upward Mobility
5. Fencing and Aristocratic Resistance during the Third Republic
6. Olympic Restoration: Coubertin and the European Monarchy
Conclusion: Imitation and Resistance
Notes
Bibliography
Index