Bare-knuckle Britons and Fighting Irish : boxing, race, religion and nationality in the 18th and 19th centuries / Adam Chill.

Author: Chill, Adam, author.

ImprintJefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

Descriptionx, 237 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Note:Blood Sport, Identity and the Making of Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting, c. 1660-1770 -- Britishness, Minorities and the Revival of Prizefighting, 1770-1790 -- Sport as Symbol: Prizefighting in the Age of the French Revolution, 1790-1802 -- National Spirit, Minorities and Prizefighting During the War with Napoleon, 1803-1812 -- The Rise of "Boxing's Professionals": Journalists and Boxers in the Postwar Years, 1812-1823 -- The Career of Jack Langan, Ethnic Entrepreneur -- Emphasizing Englishness in the Age of Reform, 1825-1833 -- The Spread and Transformation of Bare-Knuckle Boxing in the Victorian World, 1834-1867.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-234) and index.

Note:"Boxing was phenomenally popular in 18th and 19th century Britain. Aristocrats attended matches and patronized boxers, and the most important fights drew tens of thousands of spectators. This history focuses on how boxers, journalists, politicians, pub owners and others used national, religious and racial identities to promote pugilism and its pure English pedigree"-- Provided by publisher.

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