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Empire Games : The British Invention of Twentieth-century Sport. Roger Hutchinson

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Author: Roger Hutchinson
Date: 01 Apr 1997
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Language: English
Book Format: Hardback::192 pages
ISBN10: 1851588426
ISBN13: 9781851588428
Country Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Dimension: 162x 240x 25.4mm::480g

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