Sport and the British: a modern history

Abstract

List of Plates Abbreviations Introduction I. OLD WAYS OF PLAYING 1. Before the Victorians 2. Cruelty and Sloth: The Abolitionists 3. Field Sports and the Decline of Paternalism 4. Survival and Adaptation II. AMATEURISM AND THE VICTORIANS 1. Public Schools 2. The Body in Victorian Culture 3. The Age of the 'Gentleman Amateur' 4. Female Sport and Suburbia III. LIVING IN THE CITY: WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES 1. Rational Recreation 2. The Life of the Street 3. Spectating and Civic Pride 4. Gambling, Animals, and Pub Sports 5. Flight from the City IV. EMPIRE AND NATIONS 1. Colonial Elites 2. The Imperial Idea and 'Native' Sport 3. Dominian Culture and the 'Mother Country' 4. Celtic Nationalism: Ireland, Wales, and Scotland 5. Enlishness and Britishness V. COMMERCIALISM AND VIOLENCE 1. Shareholders and Professionals 2. Press, Television, and Profit 3. Hooligans VI. CONCLUSION Appendix Bibliography Index.