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The History of Sport in Britain, 1880-1914
	Creator: Martin Polley Publisher: Routledge Category: Book This item is no longer available Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 5 ISBN: 041523137X Dewey Decimal Number: 796.094109034 EAN: 9780415231374 ASIN: 041523137X Publication Date: December 2003

Editorial Reviews: Product Description This five volume set is a comprehensive collection of primary sources on sports in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. At the beginning of the period few sports were regulated, but by the outbreak of the First World War organized sports had become an integral part of British cultural, social and economic life. Specialist Martin Polley has collected articles from a wide range of journals including Blackwood's Magazine, Nineteenth Century, Fortnightly Review and Contemporary Review, all of which reveal changing middle-class attitudes to sports. The five volumes cover the varieties of sports being promoted, sports and education, commercial and financial aspects, sports and animals and the globalization of sports through empire.

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