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Sport and the British
Richard Holt
其他書名
A Modern History
出版Clarendon Press, 1990
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Social HistorySports & Recreation / GeneralSports & Recreation / History
ISBN01928522999780192852298
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=vtChCoG6veMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The first book of its kind, this lively history of British sport since 1800 goes beyond a few great names and moments to explain how sports have changed, what they have meant to ordinary people, and reveals what is especially distinctive about British sport in particular. The British were innovators in abandoning traditional, often brutal, sports, and in establishing a code of "fair play," which spread throughout the late Victorian Empire. They were also pioneers in popular sports and in the promotion of organized commercial spectator events, with the accompanying rise of professionalism.