A Social History Of Tennis In Britain
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A Social History Of Tennis In Britain
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Author : Robert J. Lake
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-10-03
A Social History Of Tennis In Britain written by Robert J. Lake and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-03 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Winner of the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize 2015- from the British Society for Sports History. From its advent in the mid-late nineteenth century as a garden-party pastime to its development into a highly commercialised and professionalised high-performance sport, the history of tennis in Britain reflects important themes in Britain’s social history. In the first comprehensive and critical account of the history of tennis in Britain, Robert Lake explains how the game’s historical roots have shaped its contemporary structure, and how the history of tennis can tell us much about the history of wider British society. Since its emergence as a spare-time diversion for landed elites, the dominant culture in British tennis has been one of amateurism and exclusion, with tennis sitting alongside cricket and golf as a vehicle for the reproduction of middle-class values throughout wider British society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Consequently, the Lawn Tennis Association has been accused of a failure to promote inclusion or widen participation, despite steadfast efforts to develop talent and improve coaching practices and structures. Robert Lake examines these themes in the context of the global development of tennis and important processes of commercialisation and professional and social development that have shaped both tennis and wider society. The social history of tennis in Britain is a microcosm of late-nineteenth and twentieth-century British social history: sustained class power and class conflict; struggles for female emancipation and racial integration; the decline of empire; and, Britain’s shifting relationship with America, continental Europe, and Commonwealth nations. This book is important and fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the history of sport or British social history.
Routledge Handbook Of Tennis
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Author : Robert J. Lake
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-02-05
Routledge Handbook Of Tennis written by Robert J. Lake and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-05 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Tennis is one of the world’s most popular sports, as levels of participation and spectatorship demonstrate. Moreover, tennis has always been one of the world’s most significant sports, expressing crucial fractures of social class, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity - both on and off court. This is the first book to undertake a survey of the historical and socio-cultural sweep of tennis, exploring key themes from governance, development and social inclusion to national identity and the role of the media. It is presented in three parts: historical developments; culture and representations; and politics and social issues, and features contributions by leading tennis scholars from North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The most authoritative book published to date on the history, culture and politics of tennis, this is an essential reference for any course or program examining the history, sociology, politics or culture of sport.
Sport In Britain
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Author : Tony Mason
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-02-17
Sport In Britain written by Tony Mason and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-17 with History categories.
In this volume, which was originally published in 1989, nine distinguished historians look at the origins, growth and organisation of the major mass-participation sports in Britain. They combine academic expertise with the enthusiasm of the true sports devotee in considering such vital issues as the social background of players and spectators, gambling, public popularity, media coverage and the impact of television, professionalisation and of course the age-old divide between 'gentlemen' and 'players'. Richly illustrated with rarely seen period photographs, the ten essays combine academic research with entertaining anecdotal evidence derived from the folklore of each game. Of interest both to the student of modern British history and serious sports fans everywhere Sport in Britain: A Social History is a fascinating and wide-ranging contribution to its subject.
A Social History Of England
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Author : Asa Briggs
language : en
Publisher: New York : Viking Press
Release Date : 1984
A Social History Of England written by Asa Briggs and has been published by New York : Viking Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with England categories.
The author examines the course of English social history from earliest times through the Roman and Norman invasions as well as the centuries of expansion and growth as world power.
A People S History Of Tennis
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Author : David Berry
language : en
Publisher: People's History
Release Date : 2020
A People S History Of Tennis written by David Berry and has been published by People's History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Tennis categories.
Tennis is much more than Wimbledon! This story reveals the hidden history of the sport.
British Tennis
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Author : Kevin Jefferys
language : en
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Release Date : 2019-05-15
British Tennis written by Kevin Jefferys and has been published by eBook Partnership this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-15 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Britain's tennis players are often regarded as gallant losers and also-rans. There was a painful 76-year gap between the grand slam triumphs of Fred Perry and Andy Murray, and most Brits perennially fail to progress beyond the early rounds at Wimbledon. But in this first detailed account of Britain's place in world tennis from the Victorian period to the present day, historian Kevin Jefferys shows that British players have a surprisingly strong record. He traces the fluctuations in the nation's tennis fortunes - with barren spells counterbalanced by periods of ascendancy - and looks beyond the domestic obsession with Wimbledon to highlight British successes at other grand slam tournaments, in the Davis Cup and in Olympic tennis. The author also focuses on key individuals, providing fresh profiles of his selection of the best British players of all time: the men and women who have delivered most on the international stage, from the time of the Renshaw brothers in the 1880s to Andy and Jamie Murray today.A
A People S History Of Tennis
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Author : David Berry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-05-20
A People S History Of Tennis written by David Berry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-20 with Tennis categories.
Pristine lawns, tennis whites, strawberries and cream, tennis is synonymous with the upper echelons of society, but scratch beneath the surface and you'll quickly discover a different history, one of untold struggles on and off the courts.From the birth of modern tennis in Victorian Britain to the present day, we bear witness to struggles around sexuality, gender, race and class that have transformed the nature of tennis and sport itself. A People's History of Tennis is populated by diverse voices, recounting the sport's gay origins, 'Workers' Wimbledon', battles for gender equality and more.Going beyond centre court, this book reveals the hidden history of the game, providing a rich account of the challenges faced and victories won.
Tennis
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Author : Heiner Gillmeister
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Tennis written by Heiner Gillmeister and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Social history categories.
This is the second edition of the highly acclaimed and bestselling comprehensive history of tennis which was the first truly scholarly history of any individual sport. Supported by a startling wealth of linguistic and documentary research, Gillmeister charts the global evolution of tennis from its origins in 12th century France where it emerged as a more peaceful variety of ribald football played in monasteries. By the 16th century, it had become the favourite pastime of the European aristocracy and had, in the wake of the Spanish conquistadors, even reached the Americas. The prestige of the game also led to its popularity among Renaissance poets and playwrights. After a gradual decline in the 18th and 19th centuries the medieval game revived in the 1870s in the form of lawn tennis. The new game dispensed with the expensive walled courts, discarded the complicated rules of the old game and was played in a natural setting. From England with its famous Wimbledon tournament it spread to the European continent and to the United States where the Davis Cup was born. Gillmeister debunks several firmly established myths about the history of the game and rare colour photographs and medieval and renaissance drawings generously adorn the text. A delight for the sports fan and the scholar alike, "Tennis: a cultural history" is the authoritative text on the sport.
Sport And The Pursuit Of War And Peace From The Nineteenth Century To The Present
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Author : Martin Hurcombe
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-03-14
Sport And The Pursuit Of War And Peace From The Nineteenth Century To The Present written by Martin Hurcombe and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-14 with History categories.
This volume of wide-ranging essays by sport historians and sociologists examines the complex relations of war, peace and sport through a series of case studies from South and North America, Europe, North Africa, Asia and New Zealand. From formal military training in the late nineteenth century to contemporary esports, the relationship between military and sporting cultures has endured across nations in times of conflict and peace. This collection contextualizes debates around the morality and desirability of continuing to play sport against the backdrop of war as others are dying for their nation. It also examines the legacy and memory of particular wars as expressed in a range of sporting practices in the immediate aftermath of conflicts such as the World Wars and wars of independence. At the same time, this book analyses the history of sport and peace by considering how sport can operate as a pacification in some contexts and a tool of reconciliation in others. Together, and through an introductory framing essay, these essays offer scholars of sport, conflict studies and cultural history more broadly a multinational analysis of the war-peace-sport nexus that has operated throughout the world since the late nineteenth century. Chapter 11 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.taylorfrancis.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. Funded by Tokyo University.
British Sport
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Author : Dennis Brailsford
language : en
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
Release Date : 1997
British Sport written by Dennis Brailsford and has been published by Lutterworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Sports categories.
A survey of the whole of British sport from the Middle Ages to the present day. This book places sport within the wider context of British life, and examines its social, political, international and financial implications.