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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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