(Free download) Sporting Gentlemen: Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar
▲ E. Digby Baltzell ▲
| #1619792 in Books | 1995-01-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.50 x6.25 x1.25l, | File Name: 0029013151 | 420 pages
||6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Detailed history from a sociological angle|By A Customer|Ever wonder why men's professional tennis is plagued by poorly behaved super-brats? This book explains the development of the sport, from its high-class Anglo-American origins to its devolution into a crass, in-your-face money-making scheme. Along the way one sees the departure of the WASPs (Prof. Baltzell invented tha
In this history of men's lawn tennis, the author traces the careers of a privileged Anglo-American elite, against a setting of public schools, clubs and country mansions. He relates tales of Wimbledon, Newport and the Davis Cup, and includes the names of many famous amateur players.
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