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MANLY AND MUSCULAR DIVERSIONS: PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPORTING REVIVAL

MANLY AND MUSCULAR DIVERSIONS: PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPORTING REVIVAL

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History of sports as practised in public schools tied into the stable political, economic and sociological environment of nineteenth century Britain that allowed the games to flourish. Lavishly illustrated.

1st edition. Dust-wrapper, very good.

Date
1997
Publisher
Duckworth
Author
Tony MONEY

£15.00 (Code: 26327)

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