Author

Publication

2000 - Frank Cass, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

67,500 words, Guess

Page Count

270 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Goodreads2991911

Classifications

  • DDC798.4/00941
  • LCCSF335.G7 H84 1999
  • LCCSF335.G7H84 1999
and 1 more
  • LCCSF335.G7 .H84 2013eb

Description

"Mike Huggins challenges many of our preconceptions about flat racing. He shows the importance of racing and betting to many of the middle classes in Victorian Britain; the very early commercialization of the sport; and the limited power of the Jockey Club before the late 1860s. He explores the value of racing to the working classes, the gentry and aristocracy, tracing the sport's development in an age of technological change and the growth of the popular press."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryHorse racingSocial aspectsSports, historyEconomic aspectsSports, great britainSports, social aspects

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Genres

  • History

Other Editions

  • Flat racing and British society, 1790-1914: a social and economic historyFrank Cass2000-01-01
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