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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

Descriptive sociology --- Geschiedenis [Sociale ] --- Histoire sociale --- Social history --- Social history -- Modern, 1500 --- -Sociale geschiedenis --- Tennis --- Social history. --- History --- Europe --- Social Conditions --- Wetenschapsgeschiedenis (kennisdomein) --- Social conditions --- Sociology --- Lawn tennis --- Ball games --- Racket games --- Living Conditions --- Condition, Living --- Condition, Social --- Conditions, Living --- Conditions, Social --- Living Condition --- Social Condition