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Sporting Gentlemen
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Author : E. Digby Baltzell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-12
Sporting Gentlemen written by E. Digby Baltzell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-12 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Tennis is a high-stakes game, played by prodigies identified early and coached by professionals in hopes of high rankings and endorsements. This commercial world is far removed from the origins of the sport. Before 1968—when Wimbledon invited professional players to compete for the first time—tennis was part of a sportsmanship tradition that emphasized character over money. It produced well-rounded gentlemen who expressed a code of honor, not commerce. In this authoritative and affectionate history of men's tennis, distinguished sociologist E. Digby Baltzell recovers the glory of the age. From its aristocratic origins in the late ninteenth century, to the Tilden years, and through a succession of newcomers, the amateur era and its virtues survived a century of democratization and conflict. Sporting Gentlemen examines the greatest players and matches in the history of tennis. Baltzell explores the tennis code of honor and its roots in the cricket code of the late-nineteenth-century Anglo-American upper class. This code of honor remained in spite of the later democratization of tennis. Thus, the court manners of the Renshaw twins and Doherty brothers at the Old Wimbledon were upheld to the letter by Don Budge and Jack Kramer as well as Rod Laver, John Newcombe, and Arthur Ashe. Baltzell's final chapter on the Open Era is a blistering attack on the decline of honor and the obliteration of class distinctions, leaving only those based on money. For all who love the game of tennis, Sporting Gentlemen is both fascinating history and a badly needed analysis of what has made the sport great.
Sporting Gentlemen
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Author : E. Digby Baltzell
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 2013
Sporting Gentlemen written by E. Digby Baltzell and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Originally published: New York: Free Press, 1995.
Sporting Gentlemen
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Author : E. Digby Baltzell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998-10
Sporting Gentlemen written by E. Digby Baltzell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-10 with categories.
This authoritative & affectionate history of men's tennis recovers the full glory of the lost amateur age. From the aristocratic origins of the sport in the late 19th century, to the Tilden years, & through a succession of newcomers -- the French musketeers, the California boys, & the Australians of the Ô50s & Ô60s -- the amateur era & its virtues survived a century of democratization & conflict. Filled with fascinating discussions of the greatest players & matches in the history of tennis. An exploration, intermingled with social history, of the game's evolution, its rise in genuine amateurism -- & decline in our time when money dictates all.Ó B&W photos.
Nimrod S Hunting Tours Interspersed With Characteristic Anecdotes Of Sporting Men To Which Are Added Nimrod S Letters On Riding To Hounds
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Author : Nimrod
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1835
Nimrod S Hunting Tours Interspersed With Characteristic Anecdotes Of Sporting Men To Which Are Added Nimrod S Letters On Riding To Hounds written by Nimrod and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1835 with categories.
The New Sporting Magazine
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1851
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21st Century Jocks Sporting Men And Contemporary Heterosexuality
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Author : E. Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-05-27
21st Century Jocks Sporting Men And Contemporary Heterosexuality written by E. Anderson and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-27 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews with 15-22 year old straight and gay male athletes in both the United States and the United Kingdom, this book explores how jocks have redefined heterosexuality, and no longer fear being thought gay for behaviors that constrained men of the previous generation.
Baily S Magazine Of Sports And Pastimes
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
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Baily S Magazine Of Sports And Pastimes
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Author : Tresham Gilbey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874
Baily S Magazine Of Sports And Pastimes written by Tresham Gilbey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1874 with Recreation categories.
A Gentleman S Sport
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Author : S. Pleazant DelLior
language : en
Publisher: Power Play Books
Release Date : 2009-10-01
A Gentleman S Sport written by S. Pleazant DelLior and has been published by Power Play Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-01 with Pimps categories.
Millen Ray Wright a.k.a Pleazure is a distinguished gentlemen in his own right. Born and raised in the treacherous streets of North Philadelphia, (Erie Avenue), he plays the game from A to Z and falls in love with the capital P Pimping, Prostitution, Position & Power. Past experience with a seasoned ho named Bunny, along with instructions from Charm (a renowned pimp): polishes Pleazure to keep his stable of five Cherry, Fun, Special, Joy, & Ebony lining his pockets with massive bankrolls. His game is impeccable, and his climb to the top is unstoppable: that is until Candy joins the family. Never imagining his life would plunge from a scream to a whisper he's forced to render his dues. At what cost will Pleazure pay to play A Gentlemen's Sport.
The Illustrated Sporting Dramatic News
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874
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