Sport and the making of Britain / Derek Birley.
Chronicles how sporting traditions in Britain were shaped and how they in turn contributed to the shaping of British social conventions. Tracing sporting history from its origins, this book emphasizes how sport served different functions from the modern notion of a leisure-time relief from work.
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| Language: | English |
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Manchester ; New York ; Manchester University Press :
New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press,
℗♭1993.
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| Series: | International studies in the history of sport.
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GV605 .B57 1993
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