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Hi Arthur, Robert Lake uploaded papers on Academia.edu. Lake, R. J. (2016 – published online). Book review: Ramon Spaaij, Jonathan Magee & Ruth Jeanes, Sport and Social Exclusion in Global Society. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. by Robert Lake Sport and Social Exclusion in Global Society offers a fresh look at recent developments in policy and academic discourse around sport and social exclusion. By expanding the notion of social exclusion beyond Global North perspectives, the authors offer an important contribution, through articulati... View PaperDownload Lake, R. J. (2016). Book review: Ronojoy Sen, Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India. Sport History Review. by Robert Lake Nation at Play is a well-researched, balanced and interesting account of the history of sport in India. The author's aims are to address two key questions: why cricket has become so deeply rooted within Indian culture, and why India, despite its huge population, does so poorly in international sp... View PaperDownload Lake, R. J. (2016 – in press). Book review: David M. Sutera, Vaudeville on the Diamond: Minor League Baseball in Today's Entertainment World. Sociology of Sport Journal. by Robert Lake Given the major-league stranglehold on baseball-related media, the substantial and in places increasing popularity of minor-league baseball remains something of a mystery to some. Despite the seemingly ubiquitous threat of franchise sales, relocations and shifting major-league affiliations, spect... View PaperDownload Lake, R. J. (2017 – in press). '"Tennis in an English Garden": Wimbledon, Englishness and British Sporting Culture', in T. Gibbons and D. Malcolm (eds.), Sport and English National Identity in a "Disunited Kingdom". London: Routledge. by Robert Lake Wimbledon and the AELTC have long occupied an important social position as a quintessentially English sporting institution of cultural importance, but underscored with unashamed English nationalism. The club markets The Championships as "tennis in an English garden party", and the historical conn... View PaperDownload Eaves, S. J., Lake, R. J. & Cowdrey, S. (2016 - in press). The 'Ghosts' of Lawn Tennis Past: Exploring the Forgotten Lives of Early Working-Class Coaching-Professionals. Sport in History 36 (4). by Robert Lake This article examines the lives of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century lawn tennis coaching-professionals, notably Tom Burke, Harry Cowdrey, Charles Haggett and George Kerr. These men, considered equally if not more gifted than the first-ranked amateur players of the period, have rece... View PaperDownload Lake, R. J. (2016). 'Guys don't whale away at the women': Etiquette and Gender Relations in Contemporary Mixed-Doubles Tennis. Sport in Society. 19 (8-9), 1214-33. by Robert Lake This paper examines recent developments in etiquette in contemporary mixed-doubles tennis (MDT), to position different behavioural expectations for men/women in the broader context of shifting gender relations. Content analysis of coaching guides published from the 1960s-80s revealed that histori... View PaperDownload Lake, R.J. (2016) Blog: 'Tennis in an English Garden': A Critical Look at Wimbledon's Projected Public Image. https://ussporthistory.com/2016/07/07/tennis-in-an-english-garden-a-critical-look-at-wimbledons-projected-public-image/ by Robert Lake Anyone for tennis? It's that time of year again when our favourite racket sport suddenly re-emerges as a fashionable and engaging spectacle. While other sports, notably the popular North American team-games of football, basketball, hockey, and baseball, alongside their equivalents in Britain, not... View PaperDownload Lake, R. J. & Eaves, S. J. (2017 - in press). Defeat, Decline and Disconnect: A Critical Analysis of Attempted Reform in British Tennis during the Inter-war Period. Sport in History. by Robert Lake Of all periods in the history of British tennis, arguably the inter-war years were the most significant and tumultuous. Officials recommenced activities with an ultimate goal of restoring British prowess at an international level. This paper aims to assess the long-term effectiveness of the LTA's... View PaperDownload Thanks, The Academia.edu Team P.S. A study recently published in PLOS ONE found that papers uploaded to Academia.edu receive a 69% boost in citations over 5 years. See the study and data here.

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The Core of ‘Mind and Cosmos’ - NYTimes.com

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When a Crackpot Runs for President - The New York Times

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Paul Krugman destroys the media myth that Trump voters have economic anxiety: It’s about race

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Yes, half of Trump supporters are racist - The Washington Post

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Lyme Disease: Missed and Misdiagnosed - Amen Clinics

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