Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914 : A Social and Economic History
by
Mike Huggins
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Sport in the Global Society
ISBN-10
0714649821
ISBN-13
9780714649825
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 29th, 1999
Print length
302 Pages
Weight
600 grams
Product Classification:
Social & cultural historyAnthropologyHorse racing
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An exploration the value of racing to the working classes, the gentry and aristocracy, tracing the sport's development in an age of great scientific advances alongside the rise of the popular press.
2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year
This volume studies the formative period of racing between 1790 and 1914. This was a time when, despite the opposition of a respectable minority, attendance at horse races, betting on horses, or reading about racing increasingly became central leisure activities of much of British society.Get Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914 by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Taylor & Francis Ltd and it has pages.
