Sport And The British: A Modern History (Oxford Studies in Social History) - Softcover

Holt, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192852299 ISBN 13: 9780192852298

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1990

Synopsis

The first book of its kind, this lively history of British sport since 1800 goes beyond a few great names and moments to explain how sports have changed, what they have meant to ordinary people, and reveals what is especially distinctive about British sport in particular. The British were innovators in abandoning traditional, often brutal, sports, and in establishing a code of "fair play," which spread throughout the late Victorian Empire. They were also pioneers in popular sports and in the promotion of organized commercial spectator events, with the accompanying rise of professionalism.

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Review:

Rightly lauded in hardback a year ago, this affordable paperback edition places sport within the context not just of British history but of the people's history. (Independent)

this is an outstanding history of sport's social role in nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain ... everyone can learn from Holt's approach to sports history (Economic History Review)

an ideal introductory text ... The range and richness of the subjects are inviting to historians, and Holt supplies us with an indispensable vade-mecum. (English Historical Review)

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About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0192852299
• ISBN 13: 9780192852298
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 420