Encyclopedia of British Sport

Name: Encyclopedia of British Sport
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This overview of sport in Britain, from its earliest origins to the end of the 20th century, includes A-Z entries on sports, organizations and events. The volume provides outline histories of each sport and identifies key organizations, individuals, famous clubs, major competitions, events, venues and incidents. It also looks at key concepts, themes and terminology, and covers such topics as drugs, crowd behaviour, amateurism, handicapping and fairplay, plus sport in film, literature and painting.

Author Biography:

Richard Cox is director of the Institute of Science and Technology at the University of Manchester, Manchester, England. Grant Jarvie is professor and director of the Scottish Centre for Sports Studies at the University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland. Wray Vamplew is professor and director of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture.

Release date Australia

December 5th, 2000

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General (US: Trade)

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Foreword by Lord Asa Briggs
Foreword by Tim Henman

Interest Age

From 7 to 17 years

Pages

463

Dimensions

178x254x26

ISBN-13

9781851093441

Product ID

6056787

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