Birley, Sir Derek
Sport and the Making of Britain
general level
Manchester UP: 07 1993
300pp 234 x 156: 15 halftones, 5 figures, maps
Series: International Studies in the History of Sport
Chronicles how sporting traditions in Britain were shaped and how they in turn contributed to the shaping of British social conventions. Tracing sporting history from its origins, this book emphasizes how sport served different functions from the modern notion of a leisure time relief from work.
Paperback ISBN:0 7190 3759 X £14.99
Bose, Mihir
The Sporting Alien: English Sport's Lost Camelot
general level
Mainstream: 04 1996
224pp 234 x 156: 8pp colour illustrations
Dewey class: 306.4830942
English sport has retained an image which appeals even to people who only have a dim idea of England. This book puts English sport under the microscope, examining how it is played, how it is reported and how it shapes the lives both of the English and the millions touched by England.
Hardback ISBN:1 85158 745 4 £14.99
Botham, Ian & Hayter, Peter
Ian Botham: My Autobiography
general level
Collins Willow: 09 1994
400pp 234 x 156: 16pp photographs, illustrations
The memoirs of the prodigious personality and larger than life entertainer, Ian Botham cricket all rounder and matchwinner, charity fund raiser, pantomime star and television celebrity. It charts his early years at Somerset to Worcestershire and Durham via Queensland.
Hardback ISBN:0 00 218316 1 £15.99
Dunning, Eric & Murphy, Patrick et al
The Roots of Football Hooliganism: an Historical and Sociological Study
undergraduate, professional
Routledge: 1988
356pp 216 x 138
This systematic long term historical study examines the history of crowd disorderliness at association football matches in Britain, and assesses both popular and academic explanations of the problem.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 03677 1 £13.99
Hargreaves, John
Sport, Power and Culture
undergraduate, professional level
Polity Press: 07 1987
280pp 229 x 152: Index
Dewey class: 306.483
Provides a systematic analysis of the links between sport and power in Britain. Beginning with the development of popular sports during the Industrial Revolution, the author traces the changing relations between sport and social power to the present day.
Paperback ISBN:0 7456 0507 9 £12.95
Holt, Richard
Sport and the British: a Modern History
undergraduate, professional level
Clarendon Press: 02 1990
410pp 195 x 130: 8pp b&w photographs, index
Dewey class: 306.4830941
The British have had a hand in devising most popular, contemporary sports. Holt examines the values and social assumptions implicit in the British attitudes towards various games and how and why the playing and organization of sports have changed over the last 190 years.
Paperback ISBN:0 19 285229 9 £15.99
Hornby, Nick
Fever Pitch: a Story of Football and obsession
general level
Gollancz Paperbacks: 01 1996
528pp 198 x 129
Dewey class: 796.334
Chronicled from the perspective of a besotted ten year old Arsenal fan, through disillusioned adolescence, to an adult "who should know better", this book examines the absurdities, idiosyncrasies and traumas of everyday life and football. It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.
Paperback ISBN:0 575 40015 3 £5.99
Lowerson, John
Sport and the English Middle Classes 1870-1914
undergraduate, professional level
Manchester UP: 04 1995
310pp 216 x 138: Illustrations
Series: International Studies in the History of Sport
Examines the phenomena which explain the boom in sport among the middle classes in late Victorian England. The author focuses on the extent to which sport became an agent of the development of the middle classes and an instrument of their self definition.
Paperback ISBN:0 7190 4651 3 £14.99
