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Author Vamplew, Wray

Title Encyclopedia of British horseracing / Wray Vamplew and Joyce Kay
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 372 pages)
Series Routledge Sports Reference Series
Routledge Sports Reference Series
Contents ""Encyclopedia of British Horseracing""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""List of entries""; ""A�Z Encyclopedia of British Horseracing ""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K ""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U ""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z ""; ""Chronology of British Horseracing""; ""Index""
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Horse racing -- Great Britain -- Encyclopedias
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Equestrian.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Horse Racing.
Horse racing
Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic books
encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopédies.
Form Electronic book
Author Kay, Joyce
ISBN 0203483901
9780203483909
9786610142514
6610142513
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9781135762674
1280142510
9781280142512