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A Social History of Sheffield Boxing  combines urban ethnography and anthropology, sociological theory and place and life histories to explore the global phenomenon of boxing. Raising many issues pertinent to the social sciences, such as contestations around state regulation of violence, commerce and broadcasting, pedagogy and elite sport and how sport is delivered and narrated to the masses, the book studies the history of boxing in Sheffield and the sport's impact on the cultural, political and economic development of the city since the 18th century. Interweaving urban anthropology with sports studies and historical research the text expertly examines a variety of published sources, ranging from academic papers to biographies and from newspaper reports to case studies and contemporary interviews. In Volume I, Bell and Armstrong construct a vivid history of boxing and probe its cultural acceptance in the late 1800s, examining how its rise was inextricably intertwined with the industrial and social development of Sheffield. Although Sheffield was not a national player in prize-fighting's early days, throughout the mid-1800s, many parochial scores and wagers were settled by the use

Who reads A Social History of Sheffield Boxing, Volume I : Rings of Steel, 1720–1970?

Author

Matthew Bell,Gary Armstrong (auth.)

Publisher

Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9783030635459

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, History, Sociology