{"product_id":"sport-and-the-british-richard-holt-9780199557202","title":"Sport and the British: A Modern History","description":"So many of the world's sports have their origins in Britain. Why is this? How did sports innovate and evolve in step with social upheaval, and political and cultural change? Why did British forms of play become so influential around the world? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichard Holt explores all of these questions and more in this new edition of \u003cem\u003eSport and the British: A Modern History\u003c\/em\u003e. For over thirty years \u003cem\u003eSport and the British\u003c\/em\u003e has been the standard work on the history of sport in Britain, and the new edition provides a complete rewrite of the original text, incorporating the most up-to-date research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHolt weaves a narrative of the excitement, passion, and variety of sports played the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth, from street corner 'kickabouts' to the Commonwealth and Olympic Games. \u003cem\u003eSport and the British\u003c\/em\u003e crosses class, race, culture, and gender, illuminating how the transformation of games speaks to the wider history of Britain and its global impact on the history of sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Holt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199557209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199557202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Richard Holt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424986972415,"sku":"9780199557202","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c93ed0d-713c-4f98-894d-3d5cd8bca6f3.jpg?v=1761536221","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sport-and-the-british-richard-holt-9780199557202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}