Sport And Society 🌗 Flashcards
Give a description of upper class and examples of sports they played in pre industrial Britain
Aristocracy or gentry who were hereditary landowners
Real tennis, fox hunting
Give a description and example of lower class people on pre industrial Britain
Peasants who worked manually, mainly on the land
Mob football, dog fighting, prize fighting
Simple activities and violence
How did gender influence participation in pre industrial Britain
Upper and lower: women participated in very different activities, women seen as weaker sex, activities women participated in errr not too strenuous or dangerous
Upper: archery
Lower: during county fairs, allowed to take part in smock races
How did law and order in pre industrial Britain affect participation
Upper and lower: little law and order, reflected in activities undertaken
Lower: involved in bare knuckle fighting or animal baiting, lack of order and animal cruelty- games like mob football had few rules showing lack of law and order in society
How did education and literacy affect participantion in pre industrial Britain
Upper: educated and literate, could read and write and understand written rules and sophisticated activities eg real tennis
Lower: uneducated and illiterate, could understand simple activities with few rules eg mob football
How did availability of time affect participation in pre industrial Britain
Upper: had more time and could be involved in longer lasting activities eg fox hunting
Lower: worked long exhausting hours had little time or energy for physical activities, few activities participated in were confined to festivals or holiday days
How did availability of money affect participation in pre industrial Britain
Upper: had more money therefore more opportunities to be involved in physical activities of their choice, could afford horses clothing equipment etc, had access to specialized facilities eg real tennis court
Lower: no spare money to spend on physical activities
How did type of transport affect participation in pre industrial Britain
Upper and lower: activities were local, transport generally by horse and cart or walking
Upper: more opportunity to travel further by horse and carriage but limited by roads, could get to facilities like real tennis courts
Lower: people prevented from leaving village by poor roads
How did social class in post industrial Britain affect sports
Middle class now a thing
Middle class included professionals, factory owners and managers
Many members of middle class went to public school
What was the difference in sports between amateurs and professionals
Amateurs were not paid, status suited upper and middle classes
Cricket: amateurs and professionals played in same team but was social distinction eg lower class bowled and clean kit
Soccer and rugby: lower class paid to miss a days work to play, tensions lead to splitting rugby into 2
How did gender and changing status of women affect sport in post industrial Britain
Early 19th century:Women expected to marry have children and be financially dependent on husband and education pointless
Schooling for girls initially limited, allowed to become teachers
Late 19th century: due to high mortality rate and serving in army suppressed assumption women had to marry
Effort formed part of a wider movement of campaigns for women rights
Had encouraging effect on women to be more involved in sports
How did education and literacy affect sports in post industrial Britain
Majority of working class had little interest in education due to perceived as irrelevance
Child labor still common
Education become free and more accessible to working classes allowing them to understand more sophisticated sports
How did availability of time and money affect sports in post industrial Britain
Increase in leisure time after mid 19th century allowed sport do develop
Working class found participation difficult due to lack of disposable income
Growth of factories meant longer and harder working hours (72hours a week)
Introduction of Saturday half days allowed more time for sport and leisure
Living conditions remained poor
Factory owners recognized happy healthy workforce being more productive
1965 working week 40-45 hours
How did type of transport affect sport in post industrial Britain
Railways important in development of sea side resorts and in sports allowed fixtures to be played around country
How did the influence of public schools promote and organize sports
Beginning 19th century: sport unorganized, bullying and exploitation of younger boys were common
Middle 19th century: changing ethos of public schools, sport become important of education in upper/ middle classes boys
