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… To legitimize boxing, various discourses shaped it as a science and as an art in the context of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Boxing became increasingly associated to a conservative and nationalist perception of Englishness as … To legitimize boxing, various discourses shaped it as a science and as an art in the context of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Boxing became increasingly associated to a conservative and nationalist perception of Englishness as … p.28. A national and manly entertainment William Cobbett ‘In Defense of Boxing’ (1805) During the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, the debates on boxing and its effects on the national character became even more strident. Political …
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