This volume traces the rise and transformation of organized sport and its impact on social patterns and gender roles. Stressing the essential continuity of the sporting experience, the author shows th
Presents an investigation into the history of bareknuckle fighting, the illegal entertainment that gave rise to the sport of boxing. Bareknuckle fighting was one of the first organised spectators spor
A primary text providing an overview of British sporting development has become increasingly necessary for the general reader as well as the growing number of students studying Sport and Physical Educ
In his new book Dennis Brailsford presents the view of English sport from 1715 to 1830. This period, largely neglected by sport historians, represents the transition from older forms of recreation to
