Rebecca Cassidy

The Sport of Kings

Kinship, Class and Thoroughbred Breeding in Newmarket

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Behind the scenes' description of British flat racing based on Cassidy's experiences working in Newmarket.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9780521004879
• ISBN-10: 052100487X
• Artikelnr.: 20963233

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Cassidy is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths University. She is the co-author of Qualitative Research in Gambling: Exploring the Production and Consumption of Risk (Routledge).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Headquarters
3. Keeping it in the family
4. At the races
5. Having a flutter
6. Going once, going twice ...
7. One of the lads
8. Doing it for Daddy
9. Blood will tell
10. Conclusions
List of references
Index.