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020 |a9780203718070|q(e-book : PDF)
020 |a9781134445578|q(e-book: PDF)
020 |a9781317605720|q(e-book: Mobi)
020 |a9781317605737|q(e-book: ePub)
020 |z9780415684309|q(hardback)
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024 7 |a10.4324/9780203718070 |2doi
035 |a(OCoLC)892799325
041 |aeng
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049 |aTürk Tarih Kurumu Kütüphanesi
050 4|aGV1002.95.G7|bL35 2015
082 04|a796.3420941|bL192
100 1 |aLake, Robert|c(Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Physical Education),|eauthor.
245 12|aA social history of tennis in Britain /|cRobert J. Lake.
264 1|aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon :|bNew York, N.Y.,|c2015.
300 |a1 online resource (xii, 306 pages)
490 1 |aRoutledge Research in Sports History ;|v5
505 0 |a1. 'A highly Christian and beneficent pastime' : the emergence of lawn tennis in late nineteenth century Britain -- 2. Pat-ball and petticoats : representations of social class and gender in early lawn tennis playing styles, etiquette and fashions -- 3. Social aspiration, social exclusion and socialites : clubs, tournaments and "pot-hunting" in pre-war lawn tennis -- 4. The LTA's struggle for legitimacy : early efforts in talent development, coaching and the retention of amateurism -- 5. British tennis as an imperial tool : international competitions, racial stereotypes and shifting British authority -- 6. Reconciliation and consolidation : early struggles for British lawn tennis in the aftermath of war -- 7. 'New people' and 'new energy' : advances for women and children amidst British decline -- 8. 'Demand for the game was insatiable' : interwar developments in club/recreational tennis -- 9. "The goddess" and "the Monarch" : Lenglen, Tilden and the "Amateur problem" in lawn tennis -- 10. Developments for professional coaches and the early (failed) push for "open" tournaments -- 11. New British success and renewed issues of amateurism in the 1930s -- 12. 'We must face the hard facts that confront us' : early post-war recovery efforts in British tennis -- 13. Shifting attitudes toward talent development, coaching, commercialism and behavioural etiquette in post-war British tennis -- 14. The enduring amateur-professional dichotomy and the new struggle for authority in world tennis -- 15. "All whites" at Wimbleton? The achievements of Gibson, Ashe and Buxton amidst shifting race relations in Britain -- 16. 'Particularly concentrated upon the boys' : persistent struggles for women in post-war tennis -- 17. 'A sporting event as much as a social phenomenon' : nationalism, commercialism and cultural change at Wimbleton -- Conclusion : continuity and change in the social history of tennis in Britain and future directives for the LTA.
650 0|aTennis|zGreat Britain|xHistory.
650 0|aTennis|xSocial aspects|zGreat Britain.
776 08|iPrint version: |z9780415684309|w(DLC) 2014016816
830 0|aRoutledge research in sports history ;|v5.
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901 |aTaylor & Francis