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Sport and the British : a modern history / Richard Holt.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Holt, Richard, 1948- author.
Series:
Oxford studies in social history.
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford studies in social history
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sports--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Sports.
Sports--Great Britain--History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations.
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Summary:
'Sport and the British' has long been the standard work on the history of sport in Britain. This second edition provides a complete rewrite of the original text, incorporating new research, and providing an authoritative, accessible, and vivid account of sport as a distinctive and integral part of modern Britain and of 'the British world'.
Notes:
Previous edition: Oxford: Clarendon, 1989.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 27, 2025).
ISBN:
0-19-265070-X
0-19-897419-1
OCLC:
1525527984

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