More Than a Game
A History of How Sport Made Britain
Seiten
2024
John Murray Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-5293-6328-9 (ISBN)
John Murray Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-5293-6328-9 (ISBN)
The story of Britain, told through its many sports.
A Times Best Sports Book of 2023
'Fascinating' Daily Telegraph
'Lively, rich and readable' The Spectator
'Thoughtful and entertaining' Guardian
'Completely eye-opening - every page contains a gem' Marina Hyde
The remarkable stories of how sport shaped the British people.
The history of Britain is inseparable from our love affair with sport. Many of our most dramatic social shifts have played out in sporting arenas: cricket and class mobility, rugby and regional rivalry, tennis and gender equality, golf and battles for land, boxing and race-relations. The sporting theatre has even accelerated radical change via heroes including independence fighters, suffragettes and Jewish bare-knuckle boxers crashing the established order. From jousting between kingdoms to the rise of the Commonwealth Games at the end of the imperial era, More Than a Game is the fascinating account of the games, players and audiences that have defined Britain's past.
A Times Best Sports Book of 2023
'Fascinating' Daily Telegraph
'Lively, rich and readable' The Spectator
'Thoughtful and entertaining' Guardian
'Completely eye-opening - every page contains a gem' Marina Hyde
The remarkable stories of how sport shaped the British people.
The history of Britain is inseparable from our love affair with sport. Many of our most dramatic social shifts have played out in sporting arenas: cricket and class mobility, rugby and regional rivalry, tennis and gender equality, golf and battles for land, boxing and race-relations. The sporting theatre has even accelerated radical change via heroes including independence fighters, suffragettes and Jewish bare-knuckle boxers crashing the established order. From jousting between kingdoms to the rise of the Commonwealth Games at the end of the imperial era, More Than a Game is the fascinating account of the games, players and audiences that have defined Britain's past.
David Horspool is an editor on the Times Literary Supplement, responsible for history, archaeology and sport. His most recent book is Cromwell: The Protector, for the Penguin Monarchs series. He is the author of Richard III: A Ruler and his Reputation, Alfred the Great, The English Rebel: One Thousand Years of Troublemaking from the Normans to the Nineties, and a co-author, with Arthony Arnove and Colin Firth, of The People Speak: Voices that Changed Britain. He contributes to the TLS, Guardian and The Spectator, and writes a monthly history column for the Oldie magazine. He is married with two sons and lives in London.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 24 black & white photographs |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 240 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5293-6328-4 / 1529363284 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5293-6328-9 / 9781529363289 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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