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Disputed Pleasures - Sport and Society in Preindustrial England (Hardcover, New)
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Disputed Pleasures - Sport and Society in Preindustrial England (Hardcover, New)
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This work explores the development of English sport during the
eight centuries preceding the industrial era. Focusing on outdoor
activities that involved intergroup competition among adults,
Thomas Henricks demonstrates that sport was a sophisticated and
"rational" experience, connected to society in many subtle yet
important ways. Accessible to readers in many disciplines and on
many levels, the book charts the changes in sport preceding the
modern era, serves as an introduction to the historical literature
on English sport, traces the relationship between sport and
shifting social patterns, and develops an original thesis of sport
as an identity ceremony for its participants. The work begins with
a detailed introduction to English sport and the historians, and
continues with Henrick's thesis of sporting events as identity
ceremonies. The next of five chapters trace the development of
sport and society through five periods of English history: the
feudal society of the early Middle Ages; the decay of feudalism and
the later Middle Ages; the centralized administration and
middle-class appeal of the Tudor era; the elitist nostalgia and
French influence of the Stuart era, followed by the Puritan
Revolution; and the celebration of private property and mixture of
snobbery and social mingling of Georgian England. Each chapter is
organized in a similar manner, beginning with a brief introduction
to the social life of the times, followed by presentations of
patterns within individual sports and a summary of dominant themes
in sport during that era. A concluding chapter considers some
sociological aspects of sport and society. Disputed Pleasures will
be an important resource for courses inEnglish social history,
sociology, and the history of sport, as well as a significant
addition to public and academic libraries.
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