TY  - BOOK
AU  - Birley, Derek
A2  - Birley, Derek
DB  - BISp
DP  - BISp
KW  - 17. Jahrhundert
KW  - 18. Jahrhundert
KW  - 19. Jahrhundert
KW  - Athletik
KW  - Ballspiel
KW  - Boxen
KW  - Cricket
KW  - Einfluss, sozialer
KW  - Entwicklung, geschichtliche
KW  - Ethik
KW  - Großbritannien
KW  - Identität
KW  - Imperialismus
KW  - Jagd
KW  - Mittelalter
KW  - Nationalität
KW  - Patriotismus
KW  - Pferdesport
KW  - Schicht, soziale
KW  - Schulsport
KW  - Sportentwicklung
KW  - Sportgeschichte
LA  - eng
PB  - Manchester University Press
CY  - Manchester
TI  - Sport and the making of Britain
TT  - Sport und der Aufbau Grossbritanniens
PY  - 1996
N2  - 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
SN  - 0719037581
T3  - International studies in the history of sport
M3  - Gedruckte Ressource
ID  - PU199903307982
ER  -