Love game : a history of tennis, from Victorian pastime to global phenomenon /: a history of tennis, from Victorian pastime to global phenomenon. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elizabeth Wilson.
• Authors: Wilson, Elizabeth, 1936-
• Contents: The game of love -- A leisured class. Healthy excitement and scientific play ; Real tennis and the scoring system ; The growth of a sporting culture ; On the Riviera ; What's wrong with women? ; A match out of Henry James ; The lonely American ; The Four Musketeers ; Working-class heroes ; Tennis in Weimar-- and after ; As a man grows older ; Three women -- This sporting life. Home from the war ; Gorgeous girls ; Opening play ; Those also excluded ; Tennis meets feminism -- That's entertainment. Bad behaviour ; Corporate tennis ; Women's power ; Vorsprung durch Technik ; Celebrity stars ; Millennium tennis ; The rhetoric of sport ; Back to the future.
• Publisher Details: London : Serpent's Tail
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 796.342; Tennis -- History; GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays; SPORTS & RECREATION -- History; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference; TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports; Tennis; Tennis; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847658784; 1847658784
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.