Sport and the British by Richard Holt
The British have had a hand in devising most popular, contemporary sports. Holt examines the values and social assumptions implicit in the British attitudes towards various games and how and why the playing and organization of sports have changed over the last 190 years.
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 *
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 *
Richard Holt was Lecturer in History at the University of Stirling.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192852298 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192852299 |
| Title | Sport and the British |
| Author | Richard Holt |
| Series | Oxford Studies In Social History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1990-08-09 |
| Number of pages | 420 |
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