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Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914 - A Social and Economic History (Paperback)
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Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914 - A Social and Economic History (Paperback)
Series: Sport in the Global Society
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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. The author challenges many of our
preconceptions about racing. He shows the importance of racing and
betting to many of the middle classes in Victorian Britain; the
very early commercialisation of the sport; and the limited power of
the Jockey Club before the late 1860s. He explores the value of
racing to the working classes, the gentry and aristocracy, tracing
the sport's development in an age of technological change and the
growth of the popular press.
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