Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Glossary; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; J; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; W; Chronology; 1. English Sports before the Victorians; 2. The Remaking of Sporting Cultures in Early-Victorian England; 3. Sports in the Victorian Public Schools and Universities; 4. Rational Recreation and Muscular Christianity; 5. The Sporting Revolution; 6. The New Sporting Woman; 7. The Professionalization of Sports in Late-Victorian England; 8. Sports and the Imperial Mission; Illustration Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O
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Summary
This lively and intriguing study looks at the way sports both reflected and shaped Victorian society
