The amateur body and the middle-class man: Work, health and style in Victorian Britain

Sport in History

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 352-369

  Holt, Richard ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85011206255     PISSN: 17460263     EISSN: 17460271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17460260601065953     Document Type: Article

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