A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry (The Cultural Histories Series)

From gladiatorial combat to knightly tournaments and from hunting to games and gambling, sport has been central to human culture. A Cultural History of Sport presents the first extensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport. Chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six. The themes (and chapter titles) are: The Purpose of Sport; Sporting Time and Sporting Space; Products, Training and Technology; Rules and Order; Conflict and Accommodation; Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation; Minds, Bodies and Identities; Representation. The six volumes cover: 1 - Antiquity (800 BCE to 600 CE); 2 - Medieval Age (600 to 1450); 3 - Renaissance (1450 to 1650); 4 - Age of Enlightenment (1650 to 1800); 5 - Age of Industry (1800 to 1920); 6 - Modern Age (1920 to present). The page extent for the pack is approximately 1776pp. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors and an Introduction and concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index. A Cultural History of Sport is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). Cover page 1 Halftitle page 2 Series page 3 Title page 4 Copyright page 5 CONTENTS 6 ILLUSTRATIONS 8 SERIES PREFACE 12 Introduction 14 SPORTING HEROES: AN ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE 15 SPORT AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE INDUSTRIAL AGE 23 SPORT AND CULTURAL HISTORY 35 SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF SPORT 39 GENDER 42 CONCLUSION 44 CHAPTER ONE The Purpose of Sport 46 LEISURE AS RESPITE 46 SPORT FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION 50 SPORT IN THE SERVICE OF SCIENCE 54 SPORT AND GENDER DESIGNATION 57 SPORT AND THE FEMALE QUEST FOR INDEPENDENCE 58 SPORT AS A PROFESSION 59 SPORT AS SOCIAL CONTROL 60 SPORT AND THE PROMOTION OF NATIONALISM 61 SPORT AND RELIGIOUS PROSELYTISM 63 COMMERCIALIZATION 66 CONCLUSION 67 CHAPTER TWO Sporting Time andSporting Space 70 SPORTS AND GAMES IN THE “SPARE-TIME SPECTRUM 73 SOCIAL BORDERS AND BONDS 76 OUTDOOR SPORTS 78 SPORTS, GAMES, AND PHYSICAL EXERCISES IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND FOR THE NATION STATE 80 PATTERNS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION 81 GYMNASTICS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT SCHOOLS 82 OLYMPIC PERSPECTIVES 86 CONCLUSION 88 CHAPTER THREE Products, Training, and Technology 90 INTRODUCTION 90 COMMODIFICATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 91 MANUFACTURING AND RETAILING 93 INVENTION AND INNOVATION 94 FACILITIES—PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROVISION 97 PLAYING DIFFERENTLY 99 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 101 PEDAGOGY, TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES 104 CONCLUSION 109 CHAPTER FOUR Rules and Order 112 RESPECTABILITY: A FINAL DESTINATION? 113 FALSE STARTS 115 WHO WRITES THE STORY? 117 KIT 118 GENDERING THE RULES 121 THE FRONTIER 126 RULES FOR A NEW NATION 129 CONCLUSION 131 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 131 CHAPTER FIVE Conflict and Accommodation 132 MODERNITY’S CULTURES AND MODERN SPORT 134 SPORTING (CAPITALIST) MODERNITY 136 CONTESTED PURITANISM 147 COLONIALISM, SPORT AND BODY CULTURES 149 CONCLUSION 153 CHAPTER SIX Inclusion, Exclusion, and Segregation 156 THE COERCIVE SHAPING OF INCLUSION 158 EXCLUSION AND SEGREGATION 162 RACE AND ETHNICITY 165 GENDER 172 CONCLUSION 176 CHAPTER SEVEN Minds, Bodies, and Identities 178 EMOTION, EROTICISM AND PAIN 178 ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS 183 CREATING IDENTITIES 189 CHAPTER EIGHT Representation 200 TRADITIONAL GAMES 201 HUNTING AND ANGLING 203 EQUESTRIAN SPORTS 205 BOXERS, WRESTLERS, FENCERS 207 RUNNING AND SWIMMING 211 LAWN SPORTS 213 ON THE WATER 217 TEAM SPORTS 219 WINTER SPORTS 225 TECHNOLOGICAL SPORTS 226 CONCLUSION 228 BIBLIOGRAPHY 230 CONTRIBUTORS 254 INDEX 256 A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry covers the period 1800 to 1920. Over this period, sport become increasingly global, some sports were radically altered, sports clubs proliferated, and new team games - such as baseball, basketball and the various forms of football - were created, codified, commercialized, and professionalized. Yet this was also an age of cultural and political tensions, when issues around the role of women, social class, ethnicity and race, imperial relationships, nation-building, and amateur and professional approaches were all shaping sport. At the same time, increasing urbanization, population, real wages and leisure time drove demand for sport ever higher, and the institutionalization and regulation of sport accelerated. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion and segregation; minds, bodies and identities; representation. Mike Huggins is Emeritus Professor at the University of Cumbria, UK. Volume 5 in the Cultural History of Sport set General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland