Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-177) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Chapter 1 The Place of Sport in National Life -- chapter 2 Representations of Sport: The Mass Media -- chapter 3 Representations of Sport: Celebrity, Stars and Heroes -- chapter 4 Traditions and Innovations -- chapter 5 Gaining Meaning from Sport: Sport and Pleasure -- chapter 6 Gaining Meaning from Sport: Sportsmanship and Decorum -- chapter 7 Gaining Meaning from Sport: Englishness and Isolationism -- chapter 8 Class, Conflict and Cohesion.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Covering the years between the two World Wars, this title focuses on the central place of sport in English life. It aims to provide insight into issues of gender, class, religion and locality, ideas of morality, and what it meant to be English during this time. It is an analysis of sport as an expression of the values and relations of a nation.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Sport and the English, 1918-1939.
International Standard Book Number
0415331854
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sports-- Social aspects-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.