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BL
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855559
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| Uniform Title
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Kulturgeschichte des Tennis.English
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| Main Entry
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Gillmeister, Heiner,1939-
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| Title & Author
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Tennis : : a cultural history /\ Heiner Gillmeister.
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| Edition Statement
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Second edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire ;Bristol, CT :: Equinox Publishing Ltd.,, 2017.
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, ©2017
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xiii, 599 pages, 16 unnumber pages of plates :: chiefly color illustrations ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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1781795207
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: 1781795215
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: 9781781795200
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: 9781781795217
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| Notes
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"First English edition published in 1997 and reprinted in paperback 1998 by Leicester University Press, a Cassell imprint. English translation ©Heiner Gillmeister 1997"--Title page verso.
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"This second English edition published in 2017 by Equinox Publishing Ltd"--Title page verso.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The origins of tennis : the monks' racket -- The tennis games of the Middle Ages -- The language of tennis -- Tennis in Renaissance literature -- Tennis in the German bastard -- Lawn tennis in America -- Continental colonies : lawn tennis in France -- Lawn tennis under the Kaiser.
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| Abstract
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This is the second edition of the highly acclaimed and bestselling comprehensive history of tennis which was the first truly scholarly history of any individual sport. Supported by a startling wealth of linguistic and documentary research, Gillmeister charts the global evolution of tennis from its origins in 12th century France where it emerged as a more peaceful variety of ribald football played in monasteries. By the 16th century, it had become the favourite pastime of the European aristocracy and had, in the wake of the Spanish conquistadors, even reached the Americas. The prestige of the game also led to its popularity among Renaissance poets and playwrights. After a gradual decline in the 18th and 19th centuries the medieval game revived in the 1870s in the form of lawn tennis. The new game dispensed with the expensive walled courts, discarded the complicated rules of the old game and was played in a natural setting. From England with its famous Wimbledon tournament it spread to the European continent and to the United States where the Davis Cup was born. Gillmeister debunks several firmly established myths about the history of the game and rare colour photographs and medieval and renaissance drawings generously adorn the text. A delight for the sports fan and the scholar alike, "Tennis: a cultural history" is the authoritative text on the sport.
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Social history.
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Tennis-- Europe-- History.
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Social history.
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Tennis.
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Europe.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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796.342094
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| LC Classification
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GV1002.95.E85G5613 2017
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