Social History of Swimming in England, 1800 1918 - Splashing in the Serpentine

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Love is an independent Scholar. Zusammenfassung Fully exploring the links between swimming and other aspects of English society including; class, education, gender, municipal governance, sexuality and the Victorian invention of the sports amateur/professional divide, this unique book is the first of its kind and will be an important landmark in the establishment of swimming history as a topic of scholarly investigation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 An Overview of the Development of Swimming in England, c.1750–1918; Chapter 2 Swimming and Gender in the Victorian World; Chapter 3 Social Class and the Swimming World: Amateurs and Professionals; Chapter 4 Local Aquatic Empires: The Municipal Provision of Swimming Pools in England, 1828–1918; Chapter 5 Holborn, Lambeth and Manchester: Three Case Studies in Municipal Swimming Pool Provision; Chapter 6 Swimming at the Clarendon Schools; Chapter 7 State Schools, Swimming and Physical Training; Chapter 8 ‘Whomsoever You See in Distress’: Swimming, Saving Life and the Rise of the Royal Life Saving Society; Chapter 9 Swimming, Service to the Empire and Baden-Powell's Youth Movements; Chapter 10 Taking a Refreshing Dip: Health, Cleanliness and the Empire; Chapter 11 A Chronology of English Swimming, 1747–1918;

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Love
• Assisted by: Christopher Love (Editor), Love Christopher (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2007
• EAN: 9780415390767
• ISBN: 978-0-415-39076-7
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: Sport in the Global Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; England, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Swimming & diving, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Swimming & Diving, Swimming and diving