A Social History of Swimming in England, 1800 - 1918: Splashing in the Serpentine

Fully exploring the links between swimming and other aspects of English society including; class, education, gender, municipal governance, sexuality and the Victorian invention of the sports amateur/professional divide, this unique book is the first of its kind and will be an important landmark in the establishment of swimming history as a topic of scholarly investigation.

Author: Christopher Love
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08/11/2015
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781138880405

About the Author
Christopher Love is an independent Scholar.