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Author Vaukins, Simon

Title The Isle of Man TT Races : Motorcycling, Society and Identity
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (235 pages)
Contents Table of contents; list of tables; acknowledgements; introduction; part i; chapter one; chapter two; part ii; chapter three; chapter four; chapter five; part iii; chapter six; chapter seven; chapter eight; chapter nine; appendix; bibliography; index
Summary Cats with no tails, the one thousand year old Tynwald assembly, offshore finance institutions, and motorcycle road racing are all ingredients that help to define a Manx national identity. Modern, high-powered motorcycles being pushed to their limits on a course that has remained largely unchanged since 1911 is perhaps the most literal demonstration of the new meeting the old, on an island where the traditional and the modern exist peacefully and do not clash. The Isle of Man TT Races provides ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT Tourist Trophy (Motorcycle race) -- History
Tourist Trophy (Motorcycle race) fast
Subject Social & cultural history.
Sporting events & management.
Motorcycle racing.
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443865913
1443865915
1443860301
9781443860307