books.google.co.uk - This work explores the development of English sport during the eight centuries preceding the industrial era. Focusing on outdoor activities that involved intergroup competition among adults, Thomas Henricks demonstrates that sport was a sophisticated and rational experience, connected to society in many...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Disputed_pleasures.html?id=91xjXRYPyKYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareDisputed pleasures
