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Drawing in an eclectic range of primary and secondary sources, Chaplin reveals how darts was transformed during the interwar years to become one of the most popular recreations in England, not just among the working classes but even (to some extent) among the middle and upper classes. -- .

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
General editor's foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The origin of Darts
2 The game of darts in England 1900-1918
3 Darts, brewery leagues and the improved public house 1900-1939
4 The organisation and standardisation of darts in the interwar years
5 The darts industry from the late nineteenth century to 1939
6 The darts craze of the 1930s
Conclusion
Appendices
A. Declared aims of the National Darts Association
B. Official National Darts Association rules
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 4 January 2009
      ISBN-13 9780719078033
      978-0719078033
      ISBN-10 0719078032

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Drawing in an eclectic range of primary and secondary sources, Chaplin reveals how darts was transformed during the interwar years to become one of the most popular recreations in England, not just among the working classes but even (to some extent) among the middle and upper classes. -- .

      Table of Contents

      List of Illustrations
      General editor's foreword
      Acknowledgements
      Introduction
      1 The origin of Darts
      2 The game of darts in England 1900-1918
      3 Darts, brewery leagues and the improved public house 1900-1939
      4 The organisation and standardisation of darts in the interwar years
      5 The darts industry from the late nineteenth century to 1939
      6 The darts craze of the 1930s
      Conclusion
      Appendices
      A. Declared aims of the National Darts Association
      B. Official National Darts Association rules
      Bibliography
      Index

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