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This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960 / Robert Colls.
By: Colls, Robert [author.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191874543 (ebook) :Subject(s): Sports -- England -- History | Sports -- Social aspects -- England -- History | Hunting -- England -- History | Hunting -- Social aspects -- England -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198208334DDC classification: 306.4830942 LOC classification: GV605Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'This Sporting Life' offers an important view of England's cultural history through its sporting pursuits, carrying the reader to a match or a hunt or a fight, viscerally drawing a portrait of the sounds and smells, and showing that sport has been as important in defining British culture as gender, politics, education, class, and religion.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'This Sporting Life' offers an important view of England's cultural history through its sporting pursuits, carrying the reader to a match or a hunt or a fight, viscerally drawing a portrait of the sounds and smells, and showing that sport has been as important in defining British culture as gender, politics, education, class, and religion.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 24, 2020).