Just as our own games have a lot to say about modern American culture, so sports are a prism through which we can gain valuable insights into Victorian society. "The Sporting Life: Victorian Sports and Games" is an engaging and perceptive account of how sport developed during Britain's heyday, who played (and who wasn't allowed to play), and what it all conveys about gender, race, imperialism, and national pride.
Drawing extensively on 19th-century writings, "The Sporting Life" begins with a survey of sports in pre-Victorian England and the impact of industrialism in the early 19th...
Just as our own games have a lot to say about modern American culture, so sports are a prism through which we can gain valuable insights into Victo...
