Neil Wigglesworth

The Evolution of English Sport (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This work uses original material from clubs and sporting organizations to illuminate the evolution of sporting activity nation-wide. It relates these documents to themes such as commercialism and club fortunes. It concludes by discussing the outlook for English sport.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136306518
• Artikelnr.: 45131769

Autorenporträt

Neil Wigglesworth

Inhaltsangabe

Albion "While he has researched the minute books of more than 120 English sports clubs
his masterful integration of the impact of social tensions
economic developments
government policies
and great historical developments upon sport makes his book stimulating." Culture
Sport
Society: Vol. 2
No. 1 "In many important ways the book has considerable value." Culture
Sport
Society
Vol 2
No 1 "A study which adds usefully to our stock of knowledge." Contemporary British History
Vol 10
No 4
Winter 96 "Wigglesworth has made an important contribution with this book as he has fulfilled his stated aim of widening the perspective of sports history." The Sports Historian
Vol 17
No 2 "A great strength of the book is that unlike so many studies of sport it considers the recreational as well as the first-class variants of sport.