Going to the Dogs

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

Going to the Dogs

By Keith Laybourn

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About the book

Greyhound racing emerged rapidly in Britain in 1926 but in its early years was subject to rabid institutional middle-class opposition largely because of the legal gambling opportunities it offered to the working class. Though condemned as a dissipate and impoverishing activity, it was, in fact, a significant leisure opportunity for the working class, which cost little for the minority of bettors involved in what was clearly little more than a 'bit of the flutter' , This book is the first nationa...Show more

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ISBN

9781526114518

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published year

2019

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Edition

1

Original title

Going to the Dogs

Format

Hardcover

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