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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Yes

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.

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Research Institute