Bøger af Wray Vamplew

Golf was one of the fastest growing recreational sports in Britain during the late Victorian and Edward period. Like most sporting clubs of the time, golf clubs enabled the formation of bonding social capital rather than the bridging kind. Yet within this socially-controlled use of land for a specific recreational purpose there was no total exclusion. Female and working-class players were accommodated without breaking down the male, middle-class dominance by parent-club development of separate ¿ladies¿ sections and artisan clubs.

Presenting a cultural history of drinking and sport, this work examines the roles masculinity, class and regional identity play in alcohol consumption at matches, races, courses and competitions. Offering a perspective on the culture and commerce of sporting events, it is aimed at cultural historians, anthropologists and sociologists.

Once winners started to be recorded Sports History began. Academic Sports History, however, was much longer in coming and there was no concerted productivity in the field till the 1970s. Two strands developed: one out of Physical Education whose practitioners mainly saw Sports History as facts and stories about past performances; the other started by historians and focusing on the social¿matters of gender, ethnicity, identity, and class. Now a well-established discipline, Sports History is studied throughout the world. This new four-volume collection gathers together the key material, exemplifying the very best in Sports History scholarship. Including a new introduction and a full index, Sports History is a valuable one-stop research resource.