Stephen Wagg

Broschiertes Buch

Sporting Heroes of the North

Beschreibung

Sporting Heroes of the North looks at the remarkable sporting culture and traditions of the north as well as some of the region's sporting greats. Ranging from the North East, Tyneside, Merseyside and Yorkshire to the North West, it covers a variety of sports, including cricket, fell running, boxing, rock climbing, football, rugby league, motor cycling and athletics. The book celebrates northern sporting heroes from the past and the present, from Jackie Milburn, Fred Trueman, Andrew Flintoff, Ellery Hanley, John Conteh and the fictional Alf Tupper to Dorothy Hyman, Beryl Burton and Rebecca Adlington. Sporting Heroes avoids simple pen portraits, instead it shows in all its richness the historic and changing place of sport and sporting heroes in the culture of the north of England.

Autor

Dave Russell is a scholar of the history of English popular culture. He is the author of the "Encyclopedia of British Football," ""the""award-winning "Football and the English," and "Looking North: England and the National Imagination." Stephen Wagg is a professor of sport and society. He is the author of "The Football World"; the coeditor of "Amateurism and British Sport," "British Football and Social Change," and "East Plays West"; and the editor of "British Football and Social Exclusion," "Cricket and National Identity in the Postcolonial Age," "Giving the Game Away," and "Key Concepts in Sports Studies."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McNidder and Grace
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 147mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781904794295
• ISBN-10: 1904794297
• Artikelnr.: 28213402