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UNINA9910287937103321 |
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Huggins Mike |
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Horseracing and the British 1919-39 / / Mike Huggins |
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Manchester University Press, 2003 |
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Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2010 |
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1 online resource (230 pages) : tables (black and white); digital, PDF file(s) |
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Studies in popular culture |
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Horse racing - Great Britain - History |
Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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From the prize-winning author of Flat Racing and British Society 1780-1914, this is the first book to provide a detailed consideration of the history of racing in British culture and society and to explore the cultural world of racing during the inter-war years. It breaks new ground by showing how racing's pleasures were enjoyed even by the supposedly respectable middle classes, and gave some working-class groups hope and consolation during economically difficult times. Regular attendance and increased spending on betting were found across class and generation, and women too were keen participants. Enjoyed by the Royal Family and controlled by the Jockey Club and National Hunt Committee, racing's visible emphasis on rank and status helped defend hierarchy and gentlemanly amateurism, and provided support for more conservative British attitudes. The mass media provided a cumulative cultural validation of racing, helping define national and regional identity, and encouraging the affluent consumption of sporting experience and frank enjoyment of betting. The broader cultural approach of the first half of the book is followed by an exploration of the internal culture of racing itself: the racecourse and course life, trainers and jockeys, owners and breeders. Written with |
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flair and making full use of thorough research and original sources, Horseracing and the British 1919-39 is an important text for undergraduate courses on the history of modern British society, sport, and cultural studies, and will be welcomed by racing enthusiasts everywhere. |
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UNINA9910822564703321 |
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Waiting for the revolution : the British far left from 1956 / / edited by Evan Smith and Matthew Worley |
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Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017 |
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1 online resource (293 pages) |
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Right and left (Political science) - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Socialism - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Great Britain Politics and government 1945- |
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Revolutionary vanguard or agent provocateur -- 2 Not that serious? -- 3 Protest and survive -- 4 Anti-apartheid solidarity in the perspectives and practices of the British far left in the 1970s and 1980s -- 5 'The merits of Brother Worth' -- 6 Making miners militant? -- 7 Networks of solidarity -- 8 'You have to start where you're at' -- 9 Origins of the present crisis? -- 10 A miner cause? -- 11 The British radical left and Northern Ireland during the 'Troubles' -- 12 The point is to change it -- 13 The Militant Tendency and entrism in the Labour Party -- 14 Understanding the formation of the Communist Party of Britain -- Index. |
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A companion piece to 2014's Against the grain, this collection of essays explores trajectories in the British far left from 1956 to the present day. |
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