Taylor & Francis Ltd Sivumäärä: 302 sivua Asu: Kovakantinen kirja Julkaisuvuosi: 1999, 29.11.1999 (lisätietoa) Kieli: Englanti
2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year
This volume studies the formative period of racing between 1790 and 1914. This was a time when, despite the opposition of a respectable minority, attendance at horse races, betting on horses, or reading about racing increasingly became central leisure activities of much of British society.