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PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

ISBN-101852854154

ISBN-139781852854157

eBay Product ID (ePID)43430219

Product Key Features

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameVictorians and Sport

SubjectGeneral, Sociology of Sports, Europe / Great Britain / General, History

Publication Year2004

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSports & Recreation, History

AuthorMike Huggins

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight23.1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-295453

Dewey Edition22

Reviews'Huggins's great strength in this book is to bring order to detail. He shows us sport through social class, as well as its importance to the individual...in a methodical and generally satisfying manner...many more should gain a valuable sense of how their chosen specialty fits...The Victorians and Sport will make for a great start.' ~ James W. Martens, '[I]t has much value as an introduction to the basic themes that historians of sport have explored.' Tony Collins, The International History Review, Sept, 2006, "...despite some thought-provoking and insightful analysis, The Victorians at War is a missed opportunity. Beckett has assembled a large corpus of material that could have been fashioned into a major and welcome analysis on the politics of command in the Victorian army. Moreover, it could have taken the debate forward by providing a useful counterfoil to Edward M. Spiers's The Late Victorian Army, 1868-1902 (1992). This book instead remains a collection of essays that needed more editorial care and closer linkages. Despite the modern advances in electronic publishing, the book is littered with spelling mistakes and typographical errors. Some unnecessary repetition signals that despite the claim that many of the chapters were substantially rewritten, they may have been done so in haste "however enjoyable they are to read." --Kent Fedorowich, Victorian Studies , Vol. 50 No. 2, Winter 2008, "...despite some thought-provoking and insightful analysis, The Victorians at War is a missed opportunity. Beckett has assembled a large corpus of material that could have been fashioned into a major and welcome analysis on the politics of command in the Victorian army. Moreover, it could have taken the debate forward by providing a useful counterfoil to Edward M. Spiers's The Late Victorian Army, 1868-1902 (1992). This book instead remains a collection of essays that needed more editorial care and closer linkages. Despite the modern advances in electronic publishing, the book is littered with spelling mistakes and typographical errors. Some unnecessary repetition signals that despite the claim that many of the chapters were substantially rewritten, they may have been done so in haste â€�however enjoyable they are to read." Kent Fedorowich, Victorian Studies , Vol. 50 No. 2, Winter 2008, "...despite some thought-provoking and insightful analysis, The Victorians at War is a missed opportunity. Beckett has assembled a large corpus of material that could have been fashioned into a major and welcome analysis on the politics of command in the Victorian army. Moreover, it could have taken the debate forward by providing a useful counterfoil to Edward M. Spiers's The Late Victorian Army, 1868-1902 (1992). This book instead remains a collection of essays that needed more editorial care and closer linkages. Despite the modern advances in electronic publishing, the book is littered with spelling mistakes and typographical errors. Some unnecessary repetition signals that despite the claim that many of the chapters were substantially rewritten, they may have been done so in haste-however enjoyable they are to read." -Kent Fedorowich, Victorian Studies, Vol. 50 No. 2, Winter 2008

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal796.094109034

Table Of ContentThe Rise of Sport * Class and Sport * Amateurs and Professionals * Sporting Pleasures * Money * The Media * Stars * Loyalties * The Wider World

SynopsisMany of the sports that have spread across the world, from athletics and boxing to golf and tennis, had their origins in nineteenth-century Britain. They were exported around the world by the British Empire, and Britain's influence in the world led to many of its sports being adopted in other countries. (Americans, however, liked to show their independence by rejecting cricket for baseball.) The Victorians and Sport is a highly readable account of the role sport played in both Victorian Britain and its empire. Major sports attracted mass followings and were widely reported in the press. Great sporting celebrities, such as the cricketer Dr W.G. Grace, were the best-known people in the country, and sporting rivalries provoked strong loyalties and passionate emotions. Mike Huggins provides fascinating details of individual sports and sportsmen. He also shows how sport was an important part of society and of many people's lives., A comprehensive history of sport in 19th-century Britain, with the early history of many sports that are now international.

LC Classification NumberGV605