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A Social History Of Tennis In Britain (Routledge Research In Sports History),New
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Winner Of The Lord Aberdare Literary Prize 2015 From The British Society For Sports History.From Its Advent In The Midlate Nineteenth Century As A Gardenparty Pastime To Its Development Into A Highly Commercialised And Professionalised Highperformance Sport, The History Of Tennis In Britain Reflects Important Themes In Britains Social History. In The First Comprehensive And Critical Account Of The History Of Tennis In Britain, Robert Lake Explains How The Games Historical Roots Have Shaped Its Contemporary Structure, And How The History Of Tennis Can Tell Us Much About The History Of Wider British Society.Since Its Emergence As A Sparetime Diversion For Landed Elites, The Dominant Culture In British Tennis Has Been One Of Amateurism And Exclusion, With Tennis Sitting Alongside Cricket And Golf As A Vehicle For The Reproduction Of Middleclass Values Throughout Wider British Society In The Twentieth And Twentyfirst Centuries. Consequently, The Lawn Tennis Association Has Been Accused Of A Failure To Promote Inclusion Or Widen Participation, Despite Steadfast Efforts To Develop Talent And Improve Coaching Practices And Structures. Robert Lake Examines These Themes In The Context Of The Global Development Of Tennis And Important Processes Of Commercialisation And Professional And Social Development That Have Shaped Both Tennis And Wider Society.The Social History Of Tennis In Britain Is A Microcosm Of Latenineteenth And Twentiethcentury British Social History: Sustained Class Power And Class Conflict; Struggles For Female Emancipation And Racial Integration; The Decline Of Empire; And, Britains Shifting Relationship With America, Continental Europe, And Commonwealth Nations. This Book Is Important And Fascinating Reading For Anybody With An Interest In The History Of Sport Or British Social History.
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