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Horseracing and the British, 1919-39 / Mike Huggins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)Publisher: Manchester, UK ; Manchester University Press ; 2003Distributor: New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003Description: 1 online resource (230 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 142370651X
  • 9781423706519
  • 9781847790798
  • 1847790798
  • 9780719065286
  • 0719065283
  • 1280734485
  • 9781280734489
  • 1781701660
  • 9781781701669
  • 9786610734481
  • 6610734488
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Horseracing and the British, 1919-39.DDC classification:
  • 798.4/00941 22
LOC classification:
  • SF335.G7 H8424 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The racing business between the wars -- Horseracing, the media and British leisure culture, 1918-39 -- Off-course betting, bookmaking and the British -- Declining opposition to betting on racing -- Racing culture: the racecourse and racecourse life -- Jockeys, trainers and the micro-world of the stable -- Breeders and owners -- Conclusion.
Summary: Mike Huggins here provides a detailed consideration of the history of racing in British culture and society and an exploration of the cultural world of racing during the inter-war years. He shows how racing's pleasures were enjoyed even by the supposedly respectable middle classes.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.

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Mike Huggins here provides a detailed consideration of the history of racing in British culture and society and an exploration of the cultural world of racing during the inter-war years. He shows how racing's pleasures were enjoyed even by the supposedly respectable middle classes.

The racing business between the wars -- Horseracing, the media and British leisure culture, 1918-39 -- Off-course betting, bookmaking and the British -- Declining opposition to betting on racing -- Racing culture: the racecourse and racecourse life -- Jockeys, trainers and the micro-world of the stable -- Breeders and owners -- Conclusion.

English.

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