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Sport and the Making of Britain (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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Sport and the Making of Britain (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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The British love of sport is legendary. In this lively and
stimulating book Derek Birley looks at the part it played in
shaping British society. The book traces the development of
sporting conventions from medieval chivalry to modern notions of
sportsmanship and fair play. Particular sports from hunting and the
tournament to ball-games and athletics are shown against the social
background of the emerging nation. The first laws of favourite
pastimes such as horse-racing, cricket and boxing were devised by
the privileged for gambling purposes, but were enthusiastically
followed by the lower orders for pleasure and profit. Amongst the
topics explored are the changing fortunes and fashions in field
sports, 'gentlemen and players' in cricket, the public school games
cult, purity in amateur rowing, the urban middle-class discovery of
lawn tennis and golf, and the 'north-south divide' in football.
These social issues are cross-threads in the theme of sport's
influence on national identity, patriotism and imperialism in the
making of Britain. Remarkable in its scope and in its linking of
sport to the changing social political scene, this is a splendidly
readable history. -- .
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