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1. Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914

   A Social and Economic History

   By Mike Huggins

   Series: Sport in the Global Society

   2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the YearThis 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...

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Visual in Sport

   Edited by Mike Huggins, Mike O'Mahony

   Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives

   This comprehensive, novel and exciting interdisciplinary collection brings together leading international authorities from the history of sport, social history, art history, film history, design history, cultural studies and related fields to explore the ways in which visual culture has shaped, and...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
3. Sport and the English, 1918-1939: Between the Wars

   By Mike Huggins, Jack Williams

   Series: Modern Grammar Workbooks

   Containing original exercises and language tasks for all learners of Japanese the book is divided into two sections. These cover essential grammatical structures and their everyday use in making introductions, apologizing and expressing needs. The main features include: use of kanji, kana,...

   Published December 15th 2005 by Routledge
4. Sport and the English, 1918-1939

   Between the Wars

   By Mike Huggins, Jack Williams

   A thorough, innovative yet entertaining and readable analysis of sport as an expression of the values and social relations of a nation. Covering the years between the two World Wars, the central place of sport in English life is brought into sharp focus, providing insight into issues of gender,...

   Published November 23rd 2005 by Routledge
5. Disreputable Pleasures

   Less Virtuous Victorians at Play

   Edited by Mike Huggins, J. A. Mangan

   Series: Sport in the Global Society

   Many historians have claimed that respectability was the sharpest line of social division in Victorian society, even that the line between the 'respectable' and 'unrespectable' was more significant than between rich and poor. This irreverent and revisionist collection argues that they have...

   Published August 25th 2004 by Routledge
6. Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914

   A Social and Economic History

   By Mike Huggins

   Series: Sport in the Global Society

   2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the YearThis 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...

   Published November 28th 1999 by Routledge