Flat racing and British society, 1790-1914
Subtitle: a social and economic history
By: Mike Huggins.
Series: Sport in the global society; Sport in the global society
Publisher: Frank Cass
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Horse racing -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- History.; Horse racing -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History.
Genres: History.
Description: "Mike Huggins challenges many of our preconceptions about flat racing. He shows the importance of racing and betting to many of the middle classes in Victorian Britain; the very early commercialization of the sport; and the limited power of the Jockey Club before the late 1860s. He explores the value of racing to the working classes, the gentry and aristocracy, tracing the sport's development in an age of technological change and the growth of the popular press."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.