Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports

Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports
Title Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports PDF eBook
Author Tony Collins
Publisher Psychology Press
Pages 328
Release 2005
Genre History
ISBN 9780415352246

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Providing a social, economic and political study of field sports and those other activities and customs labelled as rural sports, from the earliest of times to the present day in all of the United Kingdom and Ireland. This book brings together several distinct types of traditional rural sports with particular emphasis on the social history and 'traditional' aspects. It contains several hundred entries focusing on individual sports and others providing analysis of key concepts, themes and terminologies. The Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports is an invaluable reference that provides students, scholars and sports enthusiasts with a focussed and authoritative source of information on the history and culture of rural sport in Britain.

Encyclopedia of British Sport

Encyclopedia of British Sport
Title Encyclopedia of British Sport PDF eBook
Author Richard Cox
Publisher ABC-CLIO
Pages 512
Release 2000-12-05
Genre History
ISBN

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"Includes entries on: individual sports, from football to fencing and polo to pigeon racing; the London Marathon, the Grand National, the Isle of Man TT races, the Olympic Games, the F.A. Cup, Test Matches, the Boat Race, Wimbledon, Wembley Stadium and much more; key issues such as fair play, gender, racism, commercialization, professionalism, alcohol and drugs; the sociology, psychology and language of sport; and sport in drama, film, literature and the visual arts."--BOOK JACKET.

Encyclopedia of British Football

Encyclopedia of British Football
Title Encyclopedia of British Football PDF eBook
Author Richard William Cox
Publisher Psychology Press
Pages 408
Release 2002
Genre History
ISBN 9780714652498

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This reference work aims to provide sports enthusiasts, journalists, librarians, students and scholars with an authorative source of information on a comprehensive range of subjects covering the history and organization of football in Britain. Over 250 entries focus on key organisations or individuals, famous clubs, major competitions, events, venues and incidents, institutions and organisations as well as key issues such as gender, racism, commercialization, professionalism and drugs, alcohol and football.

Encyclopedia of World Sport

Encyclopedia of World Sport
Title Encyclopedia of World Sport PDF eBook
Author David Levinson
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 508
Release 1999
Genre History
ISBN 0195131959

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Spanning the wide world of sports, this volume is packed with every conceivable fact that anyone would possibly want to know about nearly 300 sports, including history and practice worldwide.

British Sport

British Sport
Title British Sport PDF eBook
Author Richard William Cox
Publisher Psychology Press
Pages 216
Release 2003
Genre Reference
ISBN 9780714652504

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Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

The Encyclopaedia of Sport

The Encyclopaedia of Sport
Title The Encyclopaedia of Sport PDF eBook
Author Hedley Peek
Publisher
Pages 732
Release 1897
Genre Fishing
ISBN

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Sport and the British

Sport and the British
Title Sport and the British PDF eBook
Author Richard Holt
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 428
Release 1990
Genre Great Britain
ISBN 9780192852298

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This lively and deeply researched history - the first of its kind - goes beyond the great names and moments to explain how British sport has changed since 1800, and what it has meant to ordinary people. It shows how the way we play reflects not just our lives as citizens of a predominantlyurban and industrial world, but what is especially distinctive about British sport. Innovators in abandoning traditional, often brutal sports, and in establishing a code of `fair play', the British were also pioneers in popular sports and in the promotion of organized spectator events.Modern media coverage of sport, gambling, violence and attitudes towards it, nationalism, and the role of sport in sustaining male identity are also explored, and the book is rich in illuminating and entertaining anecdotes, which it combines with a serious historical understanding of a fascinatingsubject.