Providing a social, economic and political study of field sports and those other activities and customs labelled as rural sports, from the earliest of times to the present day in all of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
This book brings together several distinct types of traditional rural sports with particular emphasis on the social history and 'traditional' aspects. It contains several hundred entries focusing on individual sports and others providing analysis of key concepts, themes and terminologies.
The Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports is an invaluable reference that provides students, scholars and sports enthusiasts with a focussed and authoritative source of information on the history and culture of rural sport in Britain.
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Sports Studies and Sports History
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-0-415-35224-6 (9780415352246)
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Tony Collins is a Research Fellow at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University, UK. John Martin is Principal Lecturer in Economic and Social History at De Montfort University, UK. Wray Vamplew is Professor of Sports History and Director of Research in Sports Studies at the University of Stirling, UK.
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De Montfort University, UK
University of Stirling, UK
Introduction, Contextual Essay: Traditional Rural Sports in Europe, A-Z of Traditional British Rural Sports, Index
