The History of Sport in Britain, 1880-1914: British sport and the wider world

The History of Sport in Britain, 1880-1914: British sport and the wider world
ISBN-10
041531870X
ISBN-13
9780415318709
Category
Sports
Pages
2218
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Author
Martin Polley

Description

This five volume set is a comprehensive collection of primary sources on sports in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. At the beginning of the period few sports were regulated, but by the outbreak of the First World War organized sports had become an integral part of British cultural, social and economic life. Specialist Martin Polley has collected articles from a wide range of journals including "Blackwood's Magazine,"" Nineteenth Century," "Fortnightly Review" and "Contemporary Review," all of which reveal changing middle-class attitudes to sports. The five volumes cover the varieties of sports being promoted, sports and education, commercial and financial aspects, sports and animals and the globalization of sports through empire.

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