TY - BOOK ID - 2664646 TI - Tennis : a cultural history PY - 1997 SN - 0718501470 0718501950 081473121X 9780814731215 9780718501471 PB - London ; Washington Leicester University Press DB - UniCat KW - Descriptive sociology KW - Geschiedenis [Sociale ] KW - Histoire sociale KW - Social history KW - Social history -- Modern, 1500 KW - -Sociale geschiedenis KW - Tennis KW - Social history. KW - History KW - Europe KW - Social Conditions KW - Wetenschapsgeschiedenis (kennisdomein) KW - Social conditions KW - Sociology KW - Lawn tennis KW - Ball games KW - Racket games KW - Living Conditions KW - Condition, Living KW - Condition, Social KW - Conditions, Living KW - Conditions, Social KW - Living Condition KW - Social Condition UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2664646 AB - The cover painting shows an 18th-century Italian game of tennis, and the opening chapter is intriguingly subtitled "Tennis and the Devil." Gillmeister (linguistics, U. of Bonn) provides a sociohistorical survey of this popular sport. Illustrations and photos as well as commentary trace the game from its origins as "the monk's racket"--An attenuated medieval form of football--, through Renaissance literary references to it, to its evolution as lawn tennis in America and Europe. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ER -