A Social History of Sheffield Boxing, Volume I: Rings of Steel, 1720-1970

by Matthew Bell and Gary M. Armstrong

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030635473
• ISBN13: 9783030635473
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"