{"product_id":"sport-and-the-british-a-modern-history-paperback","title":"Sport and the British: A Modern History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Holt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo many of the world's sports have their origins in Britain. Why is this? How did sports innovate and evolve in step with social upheaval, and political and cultural change? Why did British forms of play become so influential around the world? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichard Holt explores all of these questions and more in this new edition of \u003cem\u003eSport and the British: A Modern History\u003c\/em\u003e. For over thirty years \u003cem\u003eSport and the British\u003c\/em\u003e has been the standard work on the history of sport in Britain, and the new edition provides a complete rewrite of the original text, incorporating the most up-to-date research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHolt weaves a narrative of the excitement, passion, and variety of sports played the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth, from street corner 'kickabouts' to the Commonwealth and Olympic Games. \u003cem\u003eSport and the British\u003c\/em\u003e crosses class, race, culture, and gender, illuminating how the transformation of games speaks to the wider history of Britain and its global impact on the history of sport.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Holt, \u003cem\u003eProfessor Emeritus, International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Holt\u003c\/strong\u003e read Modern History at St John's College, University of Oxford. He was a lecturer in Modern History at Stirling University from 1974 to 1990, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leuven from 1991 to 1993, and Research Professor at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University from 1995 to 2013. At De Montfort Holt co-directed an International Masters in the Humanities, Law, and Management of Sport from 1996, and was Centre Director from 2008 and 2013. He has supervised and examined doctoral students in Britain and France, and has been a consultant editor for the ODNB, the NPG, and the BBC.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.12 x 8.48 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47521339998429,"sku":"9780199557202","price":61.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/g6fYhRbsNu9780199557202.webp?v=1772256488","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/sport-and-the-british-a-modern-history-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}