2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year This volume studies the formative period of racing between 1790 and 1914. This was a time when, despite the opposition of a respectable minority, attendance at horse races, betting on horses, or reading about racing increasingly became central leisure activities of much of British society.
Maguire , Joe , ' Images of Manliness and Competing Ways of Living in Late Victorian and Edwardian Britain ' , British Journal of Sports History , 3 ( 1986 ) , PP . 265-87 . Majumdar , Boria , ' The Vernacular in Sports History ' ...
Horse racing was the first and longest-lasting of Britain's national sports. This book explores the cultural world of racing and its relationship with British society in the long eighteenth century.
From Mary Ann Cotton, the Victorian serial murderess, to Dr Crippen, poisoners have attracted a celebrity unmatched by violent killers. Secretly administered, often during a family meal, arsenic (the most...
Relocating the Leisure Society: Media, Consumption and Spaces
... Reginald 184 McKibbin , R. 65 , 217 , 247 , 272 , 273 , 284 Mackintosh , Alphonso 162 Macmillan , Harold 298-9 mains ( dicing game ) 21 managers 200-5 , 400 Masterman , C. E. G. 183 match betting 218 Matthews , Charles 180 Matthews ...
The Royal Historical Society's Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of books and articles published in a single calendar year. It covers all...
In 1927, Welsh football reached a peak when Cardiff City beat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final. The game's popularity had grown at a notable rate in early 20th-century south...
Encyclopedia of the Victorian Era: Dome-Manc
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