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Sport and the British: A Modern History

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Sport and the British: A Modern History - Holt, Richard
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The first book of its kind, this lively history of British sport since 1800 goes beyond a few great names and moments to explain how sports have changed, what they have meant to ordinary people, and reveals what is especially distinctive about British sport in particular. The British were innovators in abandoning traditional, often brutal, sports, and in establishing a code of "fair play," which spread throughout the late Victorian Empire. They were also pioneers in popular sports and in the promotion of organized ...

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Sport and the British: A Modern History 1990, Clarendon Press, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780192852298

Revised edition

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Sport and the British: A Modern History 1989, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780198225867

Hardcover