Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-64747-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: Routledge Sports Reference Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Tony

Martin, John

Vamplew, Wray

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.