Swimming Communities in Victorian England

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Beschreibung

This book explores how different constituencies influenced the development of nineteenth-century swimming in England, and highlights the central role played by swimming professors. These professionals were influential in inspiring participation in swimming, particularly among women, well before the amateur community created the Amateur Swimming Association, and this volume outlines some key life-courses to illustrate their working practices. Female exhibitors were important to professors and chapter three discusses these natationists and their impact on women¿s swimming. Subsequent chapters address the employment opportunities afforded by new swimming baths and the amateur community that formed clubs and a national organization, which excluded swimming professors, many of whom subsequently worked successfully abroad. Dave Day and Margaret Roberts argue that the critical role played by professors in developing swimming has been forgotten, and suggest that their story is a reminder that individuals were just as important to the foundation of modern sport as the formation of amateur organizations.

Über den Autor

Dave Day is Professor of Sports History at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Margaret Roberts is an independent researcher.

Zusammenfassung

Brings to light the developing culture of swimming in nineteenth-century England

Showcases the central role individual swimming professors, as opposed to structures and organisations, played in inspiring participation in swimming

Highlights the gender and class issues at work through its exploration of the importance of female and working-class exhibitors

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Swimming Professors and Entrepreneurs.- 3. A Swimming Family - The Beckwiths.- 4. The Female Swimming Community.- 5. Working at the Baths.- 6. Organizing Swimming Communities.- 7. Spreading the Word.- 8. Conclusion.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geisteswissenschaften , Geschichte , Kunst , Musik
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	ix 308 S. 9 s/w Illustr. 308 p. 9 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783030209421
ISBN-10:	3030209423
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Day, Dave Roberts, Margaret
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	210 x 148 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	Dave Day (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.08.2020
Gewicht:	0,416 kg