Darts in England, 1900-39 A social history

by Chaplin, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780719078033
• ISBN10: 0719078032
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

Drawing on an eclectic range of primary and secondary sources Chaplin examines the development of darts in the context of English society in the early twentieth century.He reveals how darts was transformed during the interwar years to become one of the most popular recreations in England, not just amongst working class men and, to a lesser extent, working class women but even (to some extent) among the middle and upper classes. This book assesses the social, economic and cultural forces behind this transformation. This work also considers the growth of the darts manufacturing industry and assesses the overall effect the growing popularity of darts had on interwar society and popular culture, with particular reference to the changing culture and form of the English public house.This original study will be of interest to sports historians, social historians, business historians, sociologists and sports scientists.

Author Biography

Patrick Chaplin is a Research Fellow in History at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. ix
General editor's foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
The origins of darts	p. 37
The game of darts in England, 1900-18	p. 51
Darts, brewery leagues and the improved public house, 1900-39	p. 75
The organisation and standardisation of darts in the inter-war years	p. 103
The darts industry from the late nineteenth century to 1939	p. 137
The darts craze of the 1930s	p. 169
Conclusion	p. 217
The declared aims of the National Darts Association	p. 227
Official National Darts Association rules	p. 228
Bibliography	p. 230
Index	p. 255
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