Kay / Vamplew Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-135-76266-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Sports Reference Series

The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas. Entries include:

- social, economic and political forces that have influenced racing

- controversial historical and current issues

- legal and illegal gambling, and racing finance

- the British impact on world horseracing

- history and heritage of horseracing

- links between horse racing and the arts, media and technology

- human and equine biographies

- venues associated with racing

- horseracing websites

The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing provides a unique source of information and will be of great interest to sports historians as well as all those whose work or leisure brings them into the world of racing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kay, Dr Joyce

Kay, Joyce

Vamplew, Professor Wray

Vamplew, Wray

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Pferdesport, Tiersportarten Pferderennen

Über Autor(innen)

Wray Vamplew is Director of Research in Sport Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. Joyce Kay has taught for many years at The Open University, and now also teaches the University of Stirling.