Sport and the making of Britain
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Sport und der Aufbau Grossbritanniens |
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Autor: | Birley, Derek |
Veröffentlicht: | Manchester: Manchester University Press (Verlag), 1996, X, 355 S., Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Monografie |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISBN: | 0719037581 |
Schriftenreihe: | International studies in the history of sport |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU199903307982 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Buchumschlag
The book traces the development of sporting conventions from medial chivalry to modern notions of sportmanship and fair play. Particular sports from hunting and the tournament to ball-games and athletics are shown against the social background of the emerging nation. The first laws of favourite pastimes such as horse-racing, cricket and boxing were devised by the privileges for gambling purposes, but were enthusiastically followed by the lower orders for pleasure and profit. Amongst the topics explored are the changing fortunes and fashions in field sports, "gentlemen and players" in cricket, the public school games cult, amateur purity in rowing, the urban middle class discovery of lawn tennis and golf, and the "north-south divide" in football. These social issues are cross-threads in the theme of sportïs influence on national identity, patriotism and imperialism in the making of Britain. Klappentext