Format:
1 online resource (xii, 306 pages)
ISBN:
9780203718070
,
9781134445578
,
9781317605720
,
9781317605737
Series Statement:
Routledge Research in Sports History 5
Content:
1. 'A highly Christian and beneficent pastime' : the emergence of lawn tennis in late nineteenth century Britain -- 2. Pat-ball and petticoats : representations of social class and gender in early lawn tennis playing styles, etiquette and fashions -- 3. Social aspiration, social exclusion and socialites : clubs, tournaments and "pot-hunting" in pre-war lawn tennis -- 4. The LTA's struggle for legitimacy : early efforts in talent development, coaching and the retention of amateurism -- 5. British tennis as an imperial tool : international competitions, racial stereotypes and shifting British authority -- 6. Reconciliation and consolidation : early struggles for British lawn tennis in the aftermath of war -- 7. 'New people' and 'new energy' : advances for women and children amidst British decline -- 8. 'Demand for the game was insatiable' : interwar developments in club/recreational tennis -- 9. "The goddess" and "the Monarch" : Lenglen, Tilden and the "Amateur problem" in lawn tennis -- 10. Developments for professional coaches and the early (failed) push for "open" tournaments -- 11. New British success and renewed issues of amateurism in the 1930s -- 12. 'We must face the hard facts that confront us' : early post-war recovery efforts in British tennis -- 13. Shifting attitudes toward talent development, coaching, commercialism and behavioural etiquette in post-war British tennis -- 14. The enduring amateur-professional dichotomy and the new struggle for authority in world tennis -- 15. "All whites" at Wimbleton? The achievements of Gibson, Ashe and Buxton amidst shifting race relations in Britain -- 16. 'Particularly concentrated upon the boys' : persistent struggles for women in post-war tennis -- 17. 'A sporting event as much as a social phenomenon' : nationalism, commercialism and cultural change at Wimbleton -- Conclusion : continuity and change in the social history of tennis in Britain and future directives for the LTA.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415684309
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138695313
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415684309
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203718070
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