This book explores how different constituencies influenced the
development of nineteenth-century swimming in England, and highlights
the central role played by swimming professors. These professionals
were influential in inspiring participation in swimming, particularly
among women, well before the amateur community created the Amateur
Swimming Association, and this volume outlines some key life-courses
to illustrate their working practices. Female exhibitors were
important to professors and chapter three discusses these natationists
and their impact on women’s swimming. Subsequent chapters address
the employment opportunities afforded by new swimming baths and the
amateur community that formed clubs and a national organization, which
excluded swimming professors, many of whom subsequently worked
successfully abroad. Dave Day and Margaret Roberts argue that the
critical role played by professors in developing swimming has been
forgotten, and suggest that their story is a reminder that individuals
were just as important to the foundation of modern sport as the
formation of amateur organizations.
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ISBN
9783030209407
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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