Tennis:Cultural History

Tennis:Cultural History
Author: Heiner Gillmeister
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780718501952
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This is a comprehensive history of tennis and arguably, the first truly scholarly history of any individual sport. The author amasses a range of linguistic and documentary evidence to chart the growth of this popular sport.


Tennis:Cultural History
Language: en
Pages: 0

Tennis:Cultural History

Authors: Heiner Gillmeister
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-10-01 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

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This is a comprehensive history of tennis and arguably, the first truly scholarly history of any individual sport. The author amasses a range of linguistic and
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