Swimming Communities in Victorian England

• Main Authors: Day, Dave (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Roberts, Margaret (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Social history.; Great Britain-History.; Europe-History-1492-.; Sports-Sociological aspects.; Sociology.; Social History.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of Modern Europe.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Gender Studies.

This book explores how different constituencies influenced the development of nineteenth-century swimming in England, and highlights the central role played by swimming professors. These professionals were influential in inspiring participation in swimming, particularly among women, well before the...