Going to the dogs : A history of greyhound racing in Britain, 1926-2017 /

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Greyhound racing emerged rapidly in Britain in 1926 but in its early years was subject to rabid institutional middle-class opposition largely because of the legal gambling opportunities it offered to the working-class. Though condemned as a dissipate and impoverishing activity, it was, in fact, a si...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laybourn, Keith 1946- (Author, Verfasser.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester Manchester University Press 2019
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hunderennen
Grossbritannien
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The rise of greyhound racing in Britain, 1926-45: the politics of discrimination
  • Discrimination and decline: greyhound racing in Britain, 1945 to the 1960s
  • 'Animated roulette boards': financing, operating and managing the greyhound tracks for racing the dogs, c. 1926-61
  • Dog breeding, dog owning and dog training: dividing the classes
  • An Ascot for the common man
  • Policing the tracks, detecting malpractice and dealing with the racketeers and 'shady' individuals, 1926 to c. 1961
  • The decline of greyhound racing in Britain, 1961-2017
  • Conclusion.

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