Download or read book Sport and the Making of Britain written by Derek Birley and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles how sporting traditions in Britain were shaped and how they in turn contributed to the shaping of British social conventions. Tracing sporting history from its origins, this book emphasizes how sport served different functions from the modern notion of a leisure-time relief from work.