Sport and the Home Front: Wartime Britain at Play, 1939-45

by Matthew Taylor

Book Overview

Sport and the Home Front

contributes in significant and original ways to our understanding of the social and cultural history of the Second World War. It explores the complex and contested treatment of sport in government policy, media representations and the everyday lives of wartime citizens. Acknowledged as a core component of British culture, sport was also frequently criticised, marginalised and downplayed, existing in a constant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367229242
• ISBN13: 9780367229245
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"