Adam Chill

Bare-Knuckle Britons and Fighting Irish

Boxing, Race, Religion and Nationality in the 18th and 19th Centuries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Shows how boxers, journalists, politicians, publicans, and others used national, ethnic, religious, and racial identities to promote boxing. Even as many of them championed the sport's pure English pedigree, Irish, Jewish, and black boxers claimed a prominent place for themselves. Far from the unblemished Englishness that some supporters imagined, boxing put the diversity on display.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 150mm x 224mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9781476663302
• ISBN-10: 1476663300
• Artikelnr.: 48030380

Autorenporträt

Adam Chill is a former Professor of History and Coordinator of Global Studies at Castleton University. He lives in Greenland, New Hampshire.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
One. Blood Sport, Identity and the Making of Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting,
c. 1660-1770
Two. Britishness, Minorities and the Revival of Prizefighting, 1770-1790
Three. Sport as Symbol: Prizefighting in the Age of the French Revolution,
1790-1802
Four. National Spirit, Minorities and Prizefighting During the War with
Napoleon, 1803-1812
Five. The Rise of "Boxing's Professionals": Journalists and Boxers in the
Postwar Years, 1812-1823
Six. The Career of Jack Langan, Ethnic Entrepreneur
Seven. Emphasizing Englishness in the Age of Reform, 1825-1833
Eight. The Spread and Transformation of Bare-Knuckle Boxing in the
Victorian World, 1834-1867
Conclusion
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index