1st Edition
Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
Providing a social, economic and political study of field sports and those other activities and customs labelled as rural sports, from the earliest of times to the present day in all of the United Kingdom and Ireland. This book brings together several distinct types of traditional rural sports with particular emphasis on the social history and 'traditional' aspects. It contains several hundred... Read more
Introduction, Contextual Essay: Traditional Rural Sports in Europe, A–Z of Traditional British Rural Sports, Index
Biography
Tony Collins is a Research Fellow at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University, UK. John Martin is Principal Lecturer in Economic and Social History at De Montfort University, UK. Wray Vamplew is Professor of Sports History and Director of Research in Sports Studies at the University of Stirling, UK.
