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Encyclopedia of British sport

Richard William Cox, Wray Vamplew, Grant Jarvie · 2000

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This overview of sport in Britain, from its earliest origins to the end of the 20th century, includes A-Z entries on sports, organizations and events. The volume provides outline histories of each sport and identifies key organizations, individuals, famous clubs, major competitions, events, venues and incidents. It also looks at key concepts, themes and terminology, and covers such topics as drugs, crowd behaviour, amateurism, handicapping and fairplay, plus sport in film, literature and painting.

Book details

Year
2000
Language
English
Publisher
ABC-Clio Inc
Editions
3
Pages
463
ISBN
9781851093441

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