Bell / Armstrong A Social History of Sheffield Boxing, Volume II

Scrap Merchants, 1970-2020
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-63553-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

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 18 th  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 II, Bell and Armstrong examine the revival of Sheffield boxing after the decline of the 1950s and 1960s outlined in Volume I. Instigated by two men from outside the city—Brendan Ingle and Herol Graham—this renaissance became known as the ‘Ingle style,’ which between 1995 and 2014 produced four world champions: Naseem Hamed, Johnny Nelson, Junior Witter and Kell Brook. These successes inspired others and raised Sheffield’s profile as a boxing city, which in the 1990s and 2000s produced two more world champions in Paul ‘Silky’ Jones and Clinton Woods. In this second volume, Bell and Armstrong track the resurgence of boxing to the present day and consider how the game and its players have changed over time.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bell, Matthew

Armstrong, Gary

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Guru And Genius.- Chapter 3: City Of Champions.- Chapter 4: Building On Success.- Chapter 5: Fixers And Makers.- Chapter 6: Legacy And Leverage.- Chapter 7: Decline And Revival.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: The Final Round.

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew Bell  has served as editor of the Sheffield United FC magazine  Flashing Blade  since 1989 and has written a weekly column in the  Green ‘Un  and  Sheffield Star  newspapers since 1993. Along with Dr Gary Armstrong, he co-authored  Fit and Proper? Conflicts and Conscience in an English Football Club  (2010), the definitive account of the recent history of Sheffield United FC, and  Steel and Grace: Sheffield’s Olympic Track and Field Medallists  (2014). With Sheffield historian Chris Hobbs, he is also the co-author of  Shocking Sheffield: Forgotten Tales of Murder, Mishap and Gruesome Misdemeanour, Volumes 1 and 2  (2012), and  Long Shadows Over Sheffield  (2014). Gary Armstrong  is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at City University of London, UK. Amongst several projects on sport, criminology, and surveillance, he is the author of  Football Hooligans:   Knowing the Score;   Blade Runners: Lives in Football ; and  Sheffield United FC: The Biography . In the Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology series, he co-authored  Mixed Occupancy Housing in London: A Living Tapestry?  with James Rosbrook Thompson.