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Encyclopedia of British horseracing / Wray Vamplew and Joyce Kay

Author
Vamplew, Wray
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 372 pages).
Additional Creators
Kay, Joyce
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Language Note
English.
Contents
""Encyclopedia of British Horseracing""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""List of entries""; ""A�Z Encyclopedia of British Horseracing ""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K ""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U ""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z ""; ""Chronology of British Horseracing""; ""Index""
Summary
The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas. Entries include:social, economic and political forces that have influenced racingcontroversial historical and current issueslegal and illegal gambling, and racing financethe British impact on world horseracinghistory and heritage of horseracinglinks between horse racing and the arts, media and technologyh.
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ISBN
0203483901 (electronic bk.)
9780203483909 (electronic bk.)
9786610142514
6610142513
1135762678
9781135762674
1280142510
9781280142512
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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