Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports

Tony Collins, John Martin, Wray Vamplew (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2013
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-64747-2 (ISBN)

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Providing a social, economic and political study of both 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 UK and Ireland.

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.

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.

Introduction, Contextual Essay: Traditional Rural Sports in Europe, A–Z of Traditional British Rural Sports, Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.10.2013
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Sports Reference Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-415-64747-9 / 0415647479
ISBN-13	978-0-415-64747-2 / 9780415647472
Zustand	Neuware