Treasures of The Bloodstock Breeders' Review
Title | Treasures of The Bloodstock Breeders' Review PDF eBook |
Author | Miles Napier |
Publisher | J. A. Allen, Limited |
Total Pages | 692 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Horses |
ISBN | 9780851315027 |
The Bloodstock Breeders' Annual Review
Title | The Bloodstock Breeders' Annual Review PDF eBook |
Author | Review Publications, Incorporated |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 301 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Horses |
ISBN | 9780902085060 |
Horseracing and the British, 1919–39
Title | Horseracing and the British, 1919–39 PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Huggins |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | 283 |
Release | 2013-07-19 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1847795757 |
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book provides a detailed consideration of the history of racing in British culture and society, and explores the cultural world of racing during the interwar years. The book shows how racing gave pleasure even to 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 a frank enjoyment of betting. The broader cultural approach of the first half of the book is followed by an exploration if the internal culture of racing itself.
The Bloodstock Breeders' Annual Review
Title | The Bloodstock Breeders' Annual Review PDF eBook |
Author | British Bloodstock Agency |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 376 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Race horses |
ISBN | 9780902085008 |
The Bloodstock Breeders' Annual Review
Title | The Bloodstock Breeders' Annual Review PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Thoroughbred horse |
ISBN |
Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914
Title | Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914 PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Huggins |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 303 |
Release | 2014-06-03 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 113526418X |
2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year This volume studies the formative period of racing between 1790 and 1914. This was a time when, despite the opposition of a respectable minority, attendance at horse races, betting on horses, or reading about racing increasingly became central leisure activities of much of British society.
Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing
Title | Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing PDF eBook |
Author | Dr Joyce Kay |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 392 |
Release | 2012-10-02 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 113576266X |
The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas. Entries include: social, economic and political forces that have influenced racing controversial historical and current issues legal and illegal gambling, and racing finance the British impact on world horseracing history and heritage of horseracing links between horse racing and the arts, media and technology human and equine biographies venues associated with racing horseracing websites The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing provides a unique source of information and will be of great interest to sports historians as well as all those whose work or leisure brings them into the world of racing.