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Language: en
Pages: 358
Pages: 358
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: Manchester University Press
Chronicles how sporting traditions in Britain were shaped and how they in turn contributed to the shaping of British social conventions. Tracing sporting histor
Language: en
Pages: 372
Pages: 372
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-12-15 - Publisher: Manchester University Press
This lively and stimulating book looks at some of the myths and realities surrounding Britain's legendary enthusiasm for sport; and aims to chronicle how sporti
Language: en
Pages: 428
Pages: 428
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
This lively and deeply researched history - the first of its kind - goes beyond the great names and moments to explain how British sport has changed since 1800,
Language: en
Pages: 356
Pages: 356
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-12-17 - Publisher: A&C Black
Many of the sports that have spread across the world, from athletics and boxing to golf and tennis, had their origins in nineteenth-century Britain. They were e
Language: en
Pages: 228
Pages: 228
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-03-05 - Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
This book examines the complex transformation of British sport in the second half of the twentieth century. Focusing on the key role of the media as a driving f