The Sporting Life of the City
Date
2017-05-18
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Liverpool University Press
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Book chapter
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Abstract
This chapter outlines the social history of sport in the city of Hull since the early 1800s, outlining how industrialisation led to the rise of mass-spectator sport and gave the city its unique sporting configuration.
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Urban History, Social history, Sport
Citation
Collins, T. and Dawson, V.S. (2017) The Sporting Life of the City. In: Starkey,D.J., Atkinson, D., McDonagh, B., McKeon, S. and Salter, E. (eds) Hull: Culture, History and Place. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, pp.179-205.