A Social History of Swimming in England, 1800 - 1918: Splashing in the Serpentine

ISBN-13: 9780415390767 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 166 str.

Love, Christopher

Opis

Covering a time of great social and technological change, this title traces the history and development of the four classic aquatic disciplines of competitive swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo, with its main focus on racing.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Development of Swimming in England, c.1750–1918; Chapter 2 Swimming and Gender in the Victorian World; Chapter 3 Social Class and the Swimming World: Amateurs and Professionals; Chapter 4 Local Aquatic Empires: The Municipal Provision of Swimming Pools in England, 1828–1918; Chapter 5 Holborn, Lambeth and Manchester: Three Case Studies in Municipal Swimming Pool Provision; Chapter 6 Swimming at the Clarendon Schools; Chapter 7 State Schools, Swimming and Physical Training; Chapter 8 ‘Whomsoever You See in Distress’: Swimming, Saving Life and the Rise of the Royal Life Saving Society; Chapter 9 Swimming, Service to the Empire and Baden-Powell's Youth Movements; Chapter 10 Taking a Refreshing Dip: Health, Cleanliness and the Empire; Chapter 11 A Chronology of English Swimming, 1747–1918;

O autorze

Christopher Love is an independent Scholar.