{"product_id":"this-sporting-life-robert-colls-9780192870223","title":"This Sporting Life: Sport and Liberty in England, 1760-1960","description":"Why did killing a fox mean liberty? What did parish revels have to do with the Peterloo Massacre? What did animal cruelty have to do with the English constitution? What did the Factory Acts mean for modern football? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThis Sporting Life\u003c\/em\u003e, Robert Colls explains sport as one of England's great civil cultures. The lived experiences of people from all walks of life are reclaimed to tell England's history through its great sporting cultures, from the horseback pursuits of the wealthy and politically connected, to the street games in working-class neighbourhoods which needed nothing but a ball. It observes people at play, describes how they felt and thought, carries the reader along to a match or a hunt or a fight, draws out the sounds and smells of humans and animals, showing that sport has been as important in defining British culture as gender, politics, education, class, and religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Colls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019287022X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192870223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Robert Colls","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069583814911,"sku":"9780192870223","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18ff8577-e828-4f0e-a87b-efd8f4139fb7.jpg?v=1685425464","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-sporting-life-robert-colls-9780192870223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}