Title Sport and the making of Britain / Derek Birley

Published Manchester ; New York ; Manchester University Press : New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, [1993] ©1993

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	306.4830941 Bir/Sat		AVAILABLE

Description x, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series International studies in the history of sport International studies in the history of sport. Contents 1. Rude beginnings: AD 43-1199 -- 2. 'Christian service and true chivalry: 1200-1485 -- 3. Upward mobility: 1485-03 -- 4. Princes and people: 1603-1688 -- 6. Aristocrats and entrepreneurs: 1756-92 -- 7. Watershed: 1793-1815 -- 8. 'Sporting personal': 1815-1637 -- 9. Victorian dawn: 1837-51 -- 10. Judicious bottle-holding: die-hards under pressure 1851-66 -- 11. Judicious bottle-holding: glimpses of modernity 1851-66 -- 12. The missionary spirit: tribal stirrings 1867-1888 -- 13. The missionary spirit: Barbarian delights 1867-1888 -- 14. The missionary spirit: Philistine perspectives 1867-1888 -- 15. The missionary spirit: 'Imperial Fiddlestick' 1867-1888 Analysis Great Britain Sports History Great Britain Sports History Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibiographical references and index Subject Sports and state -- Great Britain -- History. Sports -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History. Sports -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History. Sports -- Great Britain -- History. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056868 LC no. 93000081 ISBN 0719037581 071903759X (paper)

  Permalink