Sport, Leisure and Culture in Twentieth-Century Britain

Emeritus Professor Jeffrey Hill (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

241 Seiten

2002
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-333-72686-0 (ISBN)

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In Sport, Leisure and Culture in Twentieth-Century Britain, Jeffrey Hill examines the social history of recreation, including: the development of spectator sports; the attractions of the cinema; tourism; the role of the media; the significance of clubs and societies. Commercial, voluntary and state "sectors" of sport and leisure provision are all included, and relationships of social class, gender and ethnicity in sport and leisure are given prominence in an analysis which spans the whole century.

JEFFREY HILL is Professor of Historical and Cultural Studies, and Director of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture, at De Montfort University, Leicester. He has written on the British Labour Movement in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, and on various aspects of sport and popular recreation in Britain.

Introduction: 'Free Time' in the 20th Century.- PART 1: COMMERCIAL SPORT AND LEISURE.- The 'Peculiar Economics' of the People's Games.- Going to the Pictures: America and the Cinema.- Mediating the Event: Sport and the Media.- PART 2: LEISURE, THE HOME AND VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY.- Leisure and the Home: Radio and Television.- Youth and the Problem of Leisure.- The Club Principle.- PART 3: PUBLIC POLICY: THE ROLE OF THE STATE.- State and Politics in Sport and Leisure.- From 'Rational Recreation' to 'Sport for All': The Place of the Municipality in Sport and Leisure.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.1.2002
Zusatzinfo	XI, 241 p.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-333-72686-3 / 0333726863
ISBN-13	978-0-333-72686-0 / 9780333726860
Zustand	Neuware