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A Social History of Swimming in England, 1800 - 1918 - Splashing in the Serpentine (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,487
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A Social History of Swimming in England, 1800 - 1918 - Splashing in the Serpentine (Paperback): Christopher Love

A Social History of Swimming in England, 1800 - 1918 - Splashing in the Serpentine (Paperback)

Christopher Love

Series: Sport in the Global Society

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Covering a time of great social and technological change, this history traces the development of the four classic aquatic disciplines of competitive swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo, with its main focus on racing. Working from the beginnings of municipal recreational swimming, the book fully explores the links between swimming and other aspects of English life society including class, education, gender, municipal governance, sexuality and the Victorian invention of the sports amateur-professional divide. Uniquely focused on swimming -often neglected in analytic sports histories- this is the first study of its kind and will be an important landmark in the establishment of swimming history as a topic of scholarly investigation. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Sport in the Global Society
Release date: August 2015
First published: 2008
Editors: Christopher Love
Dimensions: 246 x 189 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-88040-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Water sports & recreations > Swimming & diving > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 1-138-88040-X
Barcode: 9781138880405

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