Synopses & Reviews
This book provides a lively and authoritative history of British sport in an era of dramatic changes for both players and fans.
Beginning at a time when sport was still largely a male preserve and professional footballers were paid as manual workers, the authors trace developments to the present day through the decline of amateurism, the rise of a celebrity sporting culture, the increasing intervention of government and the role of sport, especially football, as an expression of civic and national identity. The book examines a wide range of major sports and includes discussion of the contribution of women and ethnic minorities to sport in Britain.
A central theme is the role of the media in shaping British sport in the second half of the twentieth century. This book offers new perspectives on a major aspect of British social life, setting the great performances and personalities of post-war sport in the context of the changing social history of the nation.
Synopsis
This book examines the complex transformation of British sport in the second half of the twentieth century. Focusing on the key role of the media as a driving force for change, it also provides a fascinating account of the wider social and cultural history of post-war British sport.
Synopsis
This first volume of Wittgenstein's
Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology was written between October 1948 and March 1949, when the philosopher had moved to Dublin and was having one of his most fruitful working periods. He then finished work which he had begun in 1946 and which in its entirety constitutes the source material for Part II of the "Philosophical Investigations". When, later in 1949, Wittgenstein composed the manuscript for Part II he selected more than half the remarks for it from the Dublin manuscript.
Although this material is a direct continuation of the writings which make up the two volumes of the Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology it deserves more than they to be regarded as a "preliminary study" for the second part of Wittgenstein's "chef-d'oeuvre".
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-196) and index.
About the Author
Richard Holt is the author of several books and articles on the history of sport including
Sport and Society in Modern France (1981) and
Sport and the British (1989). He also edited
Sport and the Working Class in Modern Britain (1991).
Tony Mason is the author of numerous works on modern sports including Association Football and English Society (1980) and Passion of the People: football in South America (1995). He also edited Sport in Britain: a social history (1989).
Richard Holt and Tony Mason are members of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University, Leicester.
Table of Contents
Preface.
1. Playing and Watching.
2. Reconstruction, 1945-1952.
3. Amateurism.
4. The Professionals.
5. Media and Celebrity.
6. Civic and National Identity.
7. Governments and Sport.
Conclusion.
Bibliography.
Index.