List of Plates Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Sport in its Social Context PART I: CASE-STUDIES The Spread of Field Sports The Growth of Gymnastics: Patriotism or Pleasure? The English Sports: Gentlemen and Players Cyclings as a Commercial Spectacle Bullfighting and Cockfighting: he Survival of Regional Culture PART II: MAJOR THEMES The Tradition of Violence: Brutality, Hooliganism and Combativity Sport and Sociability Sport and Status Sport and Politics: Ideology and Recruitment Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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9780333259511
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1981-07-29
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Palgrave Macmillan
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216 mm
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140 mm
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Research, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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RICHARD HOLT is a former Lecturer in History at the University of Stiriling