Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914

ebook A Social and Economic History · Sport in the Global Society

By Mike Huggins

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2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year

This volume studies the formative period of racing between 1790 and 1914. This was a time when, despite the opposition of a respectable minority, attendance at horse races, betting on horses, or reading about racing increasingly became central leisure activities of much of British society.

Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914