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A SOCIAL HISTORY OF SHEFFIELD BOXING, VOLUME I IBD

GARY ARMSTRONG / MATTHEW BELL
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
02 / 2021
9783030635466
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Sinopsis

A Social History of Sheffield Boxingácombines urban ethnography and anthropology, sociological theory and place and life histories to explore the global phenomenon of boxing. Raising many issues pertinent to the social sciences, such as contestations around state regulation of violence, commerce and broadcasting, pedagogy and elite sport and how sport is delivered and narrated to the masses, the book studies the history of boxing in Sheffield and the sportâÇÖs impact on the cultural, political and economic development of the city since the 18thácentury. Interweaving urban anthropology with sports studies and historical research the text expertly examines a variety of published sources, ranging from academic papers to biographies and from newspaper reports to case studies and contemporary interviews.In Volume I, Bell and Armstrong construct a vivid history of boxing and probe its cultural acceptance in the late 1800s, examining how its rise was inextricably intertwined with the industrial and social development of Sheffield. Although Sheffield was not a national player in prize-fightingâÇÖs early days, throughout the mid-1800s, many parochial scores and wagers were settled by the use of fists. By the end of the century, boxing with gloves had become the norm, and Sheffield had a valid claim to be the chief provincial focus of this new passion-largely due to the exploits of George Corfield, SheffieldâÇÖs first boxer of national repute. CorfieldâÇÖs deeds were later surpassed by three British champions: Gus Platts, Johnny Cuthbert and Henry Hall.áConcluding with the dual themes of the decline of boxing in Sheffield and the cityâÇÖs changing social profile from the 1950s onwards, the volume ends with a meditation on the arrival of new migrants to the city and the processes that aided or frustrated their integration into UK life and sport.