Sport and society in modern France

Author(s)

• Holt, Richard

Bibliographic Information

Sport and society in modern France

Richard Holt

（St. Antony's/Macmillan series）

Macmillan, c1981

Note

Originally presented as the author's thesis, Oxford, 1979

Imprint varies: Basingstoke : Palgrave

"PALGRAVE is the new global academic imprint of St. Martin's Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd)."--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. [237]-250

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List of Plates Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Sport in its Social Context PART I: CASE-STUDIES The Spread of Field Sports The Growth of Gymnastics: Patriotism or Pleasure? The English Sports: Gentlemen and Players Cyclings as a Commercial Spectacle Bullfighting and Cockfighting: he Survival of Regional Culture PART II: MAJOR THEMES The Tradition of Violence: Brutality, Hooliganism and Combativity Sport and Sociability Sport and Status Sport and Politics: Ideology and Recruitment Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BA0046480X
• ISBN:
  • 9780333259511
• LCCN: 80018196
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 256 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GV706.5
  • DC : 306/.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sports -- Social aspects -- France
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00158246