Swimming Communities in Victorian England

Name: Swimming Communities in Victorian England
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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.

Author Biography:

Dave Day is Professor of Sports History at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Margaret Roberts is an independent researcher.

Release date NZ

August 14th, 2020

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Professional & Vocational

Edition

1st ed. 2019

Illustrations

9 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 308 p. 9 illus.

Pages

308

ISBN-13

9783030209421

Product ID

33827617

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