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Encyclopedia of British horseracing /
The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas. E...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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| Colección: | Routledge Sports Reference Series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas. Entries include:social, economic and political forces that have influenced racingcontroversial historical and current issueslegal and illegal gambling, and racing financethe British impact on world horseracinghistory and heritage of horseracinglinks between horse racing and the arts, media and technologyh. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 372 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203483901 9780203483909 9786610142514 6610142513 1135762678 9781135762674 1280142510 9781280142512 |