Going to the dogs a history of greyhound racing in Britain, 1926-2017
Greyhound racing emerged rapidly in Britain in 1926 but in its early years was subject to rabid institutional middle-class opposition largely because of the legal gambling opportunities it offered to the working-class. Though condemned as a dissipate and impoverishing activity, it was, in fact, a si...
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Manchester University Press
2019
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- The rise of greyhound racing in Britain, 1926-45: the politics of discrimination
- Discrimination and decline: greyhound racing in Britain, 1945 to the 1960s
- 'Animated roulette boards': financing, operating and managing the greyhound tracks for racing the dogs, c. 1926-61
- Dog breeding, dog owning and dog training: dividing the classes
- An Ascot for the common man
- Policing the tracks, detecting malpractice and dealing with the racketeers and 'shady' individuals, 1926 to c. 1961
- The decline of greyhound racing in Britain, 1961-2017
- Conclusion