Sport and the English Middle Classes, 1870-1914Examines the series of booms in middle-class sports in England whose symbolic starting point was the "invention" of lawn tennis in 1874. These revived and invented activities became a major instrument in delineating the barriers of a class society. They were used as targets for aspirations, symbols of success, vehicles for moral teaching, and agencies of local social bonding. The volume ends with a study of sport's place in the debate over national decline which preceded WWI. Distributed in the US and Canada by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Selected professional occupations | 1 |
Annual cost of sporting activity c 1899 | 14 |
Land and water | 29 |
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activities actually allowed amateur annual appeared Association athletic attracted Badminton Baily's balls became body boom Bowling British C. B. Fry caddies century claimed classes common competition considerable continued cost course cricket cycling demands early Edwardian emerged England English essentially established ethical eventually expected field fishing followed Football formed Fry's Golf Club grounds growing growth History hunting important individual issue Journal Ladies land largely late later lawn tennis least Leeds less limited London Magazine major March matches membership middle middle-class Monthly moral moved nature offered Office organised participation particularly physical play players popularity possible problems produced professional racing rarely recreation relatively remained role rowing Rugby Football sense shooting social society sport spread Sunday took Truth turned usually Victorian women
References to this book
Narrating Modernity: The British Problem Picture, 1895-1914 Pamela M. Fletcher No preview available - 2003 |