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...body of research by historians on sport and leisure, no one has brought the two areas together. Hill attempts to bring sport and leisure out of "the margins of academic discourse" and show its relevancy to the broader field of social history--a most worthwhile endeavour. Professor Hill recognizes that for the most part historians regard as unimportant the leisure activities of all classes--they are incidental to the "more" important things in life. The reality is that for significant numbers of people sport/leisure activities were not marginal but provide a central focus to life. Central to his approach is the assumption that "The book's 'big idea' is that sport and leisure are processes which themselves have a determining influence over people's lives--processes from which we derive MEANING."...

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