A Social History of Tennis in Britain

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction 1 ‘A highly Christian and beneficent pastime’: the emergence of lawn tennis in late nineteenth century Britain 2 Pat-ball and petticoats: representations of social class and gender in early lawn tennis playing styles, etiquette and fashions 3 Social aspiration, social exclusion and socialites: clubs, tournaments and “pot-hunting” in pre-war lawn tennis 4 The LTA’s struggle for legitimacy: early efforts in talent development, coaching and the retention of amateurism 5 British tennis as an imperial tool: international competitions, racial stereotypes and shifting British authority 6 Reconciliation and consolidation: early struggles for British lawn tennis in the aftermath of war 7 ‘New people’ and ‘new energy’: advances for women and children amidst British decline 8 ‘Demand for the game was insatiable’: interwar developments in club/recreational tennis 9 “The Goddess” and “the Monarch”: Lenglen, Tilden and the “Amateur Problem” in lawn tennis 10 Developments for professional coaches and the early (failed) push for “open” tournaments 11 New British success and renewed issues of amateurism in the 1930s 12 ‘We must face the hard facts that confront us’: early post-war recovery efforts in British tennis 13 Shifting attitudes toward talent development, coaching, commercialism and behavioural etiquette in post-war British tennis 14 The enduring amateur–professional dichotomy and the new struggle for authority in world tennis 15 “All whites” at Wimbledon? The achievements of Gibson, Ashe and Buxton amidst shifting race relations in Britain 16 ‘Particularly concentrated upon the boys’: persistent struggles for women in post-war tennis 17 ‘A sporting event as much as a social phenomenon’: nationalism, commercialism and cultural change at Wimbledon Conclusion: Continuity and change in the social history of tennis in Britain and future directives for the LTA Index