Bare-knuckle britons and fighting irish: boxing, race, religion and nationality in the 18th and 19th centuries
Auteur :
Chill, Adam
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9781476663302
Date de publication :
12 sept. 2017
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
318 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Shows how boxers, journalists, politicians, publicans, and others used national, ethnic, religious, and racial identities to promote boxing. Even as many of them championed the sport's pure English pedigree, Irish, Jewish, and black boxers claimed a prominent place for themselves. Far from the unblemished Englishness that some supporters imagined, boxing put the diversity on display.