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A Cultural History

480 pages, 47 color plates, 105 halftones  6 2/5 x 9  © 2008

Cloth $35.00

ISBN: 9781861893697   Published April 2008
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Paper $29.95

ISBN: 9781861894113   Published September 2009
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Introduction
 
1. The Classical Golden Age
 
2. The English Golden Age
 
3. Pugilism and Style
 
4. 'Fighting, Rightly Understood'
 
5. 'Like Any Other Profession'
 
6. Fresh Hopes
 
7. Sport of the Future
 
8. Save Me, Jack Dempsey; Save Me, Joe Louis
 
9. King of the Hill, and Further Raging Bulls
 
Conclusion
 
 
 
References
 
Select Bibliography
 
Acknowledgements
 
Photo Acknowledgements
 
Index
Subjects


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