| Sport and the British: A Modern History Revised Edition Contributor(s): Holt, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0192852299 ISBN-13: 9780192852298 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $85.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1990 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | History - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 796.094 |
| LCCN: 90034601 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Series: Oxford Studies in Social History |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.49" W x 8.53" (1.20 lbs) 420 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |