{"product_id":"9783030635442","title":"A Social History of Sheffield Boxing, Volume I : Rings of Steel, 1720-1970 (Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology) (1st ed. 2021. 2021. xv, 397 S. XV, 397 p. 37 illus., 5 illus. in color)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Social History of Sheffield Boxing\u003c\/i\u003e combines urban ethnography and anthropology, sociological theory and place and life histories to explore the global phenomenon of boxing. Raising many issues pertinent to the social sciences, such as contestations around state regulation of violence, commerce and broadcasting, pedagogy and elite sport and how sport is delivered and narrated to the masses, the book studies the history of boxing in Sheffield and the sport's impact on the cultural, political and economic development of the city since the 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. Interweaving urban anthropology with sports studies and historical research the text expertly examines a variety of published sources, ranging from academic papers to biographies and from newspaper reports to case studies and contemporary interviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Volume I, Bell and Armstrong construct a vivid history of boxing and probe its cultural acceptance in the late 1800s, examining how its rise was inextricably intertwined with the industrial and social development of Sheffield. Although Sheffield was not a national player in prize-fighting's early days, throughout the mid-1800s, many parochial scores and wagers were settled by the use of fists. By the end of the century, boxing with gloves had become the norm, and Sheffield had a valid claim to be the chief provincial focus of this new passion-largely due to the exploits of George Corfield, Sheffield's first boxer of national repute. Corfield's deeds were later surpassed by three British champions: Gus Platts, Johnny Cuthbert and Henry Hall. Concluding with the dual themes of the decline of boxing in Sheffield and the city's changing social profile from the 1950s onwards, the volume ends with a meditation on the arrival of new migrants to the city and the processes that aided or frustrated their integration into UK life and sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Introduction: Rings of Stee.- Chapter 2: A Champion In Town.- Chapter 3: The Attraction Of 'Fisti-Cuffs'.- Chapter 4: The Gloves Are On.- Chapter 5: Sheffield's First Contender.- Chapter 6: Prejudice, War And Poverty.- Chapter 7: Hitting Hard.- Chapter 8: Make Do And Mend.- Chapter 9: Punch-Drunk Humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMatthew Bell\u003c\/b\u003e has served as editor of the Sheffield United FC magazine \u003ci\u003eFlashing Blade\u003c\/i\u003e since 1989 and has written a weekly column in the \u003ci\u003eGreen 'Un\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSheffield Star\u003c\/i\u003e newspapers since 1993. Along with Dr Gary Armstrong, he co-authored \u003ci\u003eFit and Proper? Conflicts and Conscience in an English Football Club \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), the definitive account of the recent history of Sheffield United FC, and \u003ci\u003eSteel and Grace: Sheffield's Olympic Track and Field Medallists \u003c\/i\u003e(2014). With Sheffield historian Chris Hobbs, he is also the co-author of \u003ci\u003eShocking Sheffield: Forgotten Tales of Murder, Mishap and Gruesome Misdemeanour, Volumes 1 and 2\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), and \u003ci\u003eLong Shadows Over Sheffield \u003c\/i\u003e(2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eGary Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at City University of London, UK. Amongst several projects on sport, criminology, and surveillance, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eFootball Hooligans:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eKnowing the Score;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlade Runners: Lives in Football\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSheffield United FC: The Biography\u003c\/i\u003e. In the Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology series, he co-authored \u003ci\u003eMixed Occupancy Housing in London: A Living Tapestry? \u003c\/i\u003ewith James Rosbrook Thompson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The authors Bell and Armstrong ... use a wide range of sources of information to track the development of boxing in the city. It is the depth of research that makes this book so compelling and informative, using historical written evidence from newspapers, Government publications, a number of important images and even notes from court proceedings. ... This book is a must for those interested in the history of sport, the sociology of sport and even the business of sport.\" (Nick Wilde, Urbanities-Journal of Urban Ethnography, Vol. 11 (1), May, 2021)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SPRINGER, BERLIN; SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING;","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49811842269432,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":254.56,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9783030635442-1.jpg?v=1783771871","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/ja\/products\/9783030635442","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}