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Cockfighting in Britain since the Enlightenment / Alexander Sutherland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sutherland, Alexr. (Alexander), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cockfighting--Great Britain--History.
- Cockfighting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2024]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. A Swell's Day Out
- Chapter 3. New Ways of Looking at Animals
- Chapter 4. The Suppression of 'Plebeian' Blood Sports
- Chapter 5. 'A General Refinement of Manners'
- Chapter 6. Cockfighting: A Dangerous Game
- Chapter 7. 'Cockfighting Extraordinary'
- Chapter 8. Pitmen: A Breed Apart
- Chapter 9. Scotland's 'Idle Gulls and Kites'
- Chapter 10. Gallomachia: The Formality of Cockfighting in Scottish Schools
- Chapter 11. Dying Game
- Chapter 12. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 18, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9783031749834
- 3031749839
- Publisher Number:
- 90100839981
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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