Sport and the British

Abstract
This history goes beyond the great names and moments to explain how British sport has changed since 1800, and what it has meant to ordinary people. It shows how the way we play reflects not just our lives as citizens of a predominantly urban and industrial world, but what is especially distinctive about British sport. Innovators in abandoning traditional, often brutal sports, and in establishing a code of ‘fair play’, the British were also pioneers in popular sports and in the promotion of organized spectator events. Modern media coverage of sport, gambling, violence, and attitudes towards it; nationalism; and the role of sport in sustaining male identity are also explored, and the book is rich in anecdotes, which it combines with a serious historical understanding of the subject at hand.

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