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UNINA9911087731003321 |
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Autore |
Huggins Mike |
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Titolo |
Horseracing and the British, 1919-39 / / Mike Huggins |
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Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2003 |
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1-78170-166-0 |
1-280-73448-5 |
9786610734481 |
1-84779-079-8 |
1-4237-0651-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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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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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Tables; General editor's foreword; Preface; Price conversion index; Introduction; 1 The racing business between the wars; 2 Horseracing, the media and British leisure culture, 1918-39; 3 Off-course betting, bookmaking and the British; 4 Declining opposition to betting on racing; 5 Racing culture: the racecourse and racecourse life; 6 Jockeys, trainers and the micro-world of the stable; 7 Breeders and owners; Conclusion; Select bibliography; 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 |
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UNINA9911148929603321 |
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Autore |
Lenski Noel Emmanuel <1965-> |
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Failure of empire : Valens and the Roman state in the fourth century A.D. / / Noel Lenski |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2002 |
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9780520928534 |
0520928539 |
9781597346108 |
1597346101 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 454 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Collana |
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Transformation of the Classical Heritage ; ; 34 |
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HISTORY / Ancient / General |
Byzantine Empire History Valens, 364-378 |
Rome History Valentinian I, 364-375 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-442) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Pannonian Emperors -- Chapter 2 The Revolt of Procopius -- Chapter 3 Valens's First Gothic War -- Chapter 4 Valens and the Eastern Frontier -- Chapter 5 Religion under the Valentiniani -- Chapter 6 Administration and Finance under Valentinian and Valens -- Chapter 7 The Disaster at Adrianople -- Epilogue -- Appendix A Datable Evidence for Valentinianic Fortifications -- Appendix B Shapur's Administrative Structures in Armenia -- Appendix C Natural Disasters and the Reign of Valens -- Appendix D Civic Structures Built under Imperial Sponsorship, A.D. 364-378 -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.d. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were |
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threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled, tortured, and executed in his religious persecutions. Valens had not, however, entirely failed in his job as emperor. He was an admirable administrator, a committed defender of the frontiers, and a ruler who showed remarkable sympathy for the needs of his subjects. In lively style and rich detail, Lenski incorporates a broad range of new material, from archaeology to Gothic and Armenian sources, in a study that illuminates the social, cultural, religious, economic, administrative, and military complexities of Valens's realm. Failure of Empire offers a nuanced reconsideration of Valens the man and shows both how he applied his strengths to meet the expectations of his world and how he ultimately failed in his efforts to match limited capacities to limitless demands. |
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