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Playing the game : sport and British society, 1910-45 / Derek Birley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Birley, Derek.
- Series:
- International studies in the history of sport
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Sports.
- Sports--Social aspects.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Sports--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- x, 342 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York, NY : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1995.
- Summary:
- This third part of Birley's social history of British sport travels from the end of the Edwardian era to World War II. The book interweaves sporting developments with the social, political and cultural background of the time to highlight the changing nature of Britain's obsession with sport.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0719044960
- 0719044979
- OCLC:
- 32625900
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