Love game : [electronic resource] : a history of tennis, from Victorian pastime to global phenomenon...
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Love game : [electronic resource] : a history of tennis, from Victorian pastime to global phenomenon...
Love game : [electronic resource] : a history of tennis, from Victorian pastime to global phenomenon / Elizabeth Wilson.
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
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English
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1 online resource (viii, 342 pages) : illustrations.
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
The game of love -- Part One: A leisured class -- Healthy excitement and scientific play -- Real tennis and the scoring system -- The growth of a sporting culture -- On the Riviera -- What's wrong with women? -- A match out of Henry James -- The lonely American -- The Four Musketeers -- Working-clas...
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
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2016.
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Love game : [electronic resource] : a history of tennis, from Victorian pastime to global phenomenon / Elizabeth Wilson.
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"First published in the UK in 2014 by Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books Ltd"--Title-page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-324) and index.
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©2014
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74VKV3gp7a8Z
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9781847658784
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991024088613402626
