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The Beginnings of a Commercial Sporting Culture in Britain, 1793?1850.
Many historians have described early industrial Britain as a 'bleak age' where the masses possessed little time, energy or money to devote to sport. Adrian Harvey reveals a very different picture of Britain at this time to show a rich, diverse and commercial sporting culture accessible to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham :
Ashgate Pub.,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Prologue; 2 Genesis: A National Sporting Culture is Born; 3 Sex, Sport and Sales: The Sporting Press; 4 No Time for Idleness? The Law and Sport, 1793-1815; 5 You Can All Join In: The Law and Sport, 1816-50; 6 How Many Rats Can You Eat in a Minute? The Rules of Sport; 7 Big Crowds, Big Money: Mass Entertainment Comes to Britain; 8 Better Than Working for a Living: Professional Sportsmen ... and Women; Epilogue; Appendix: Sources; Bibliography; Index.