UID:
almahu_9949386132602882
Format:
1 online resource (247 pages) :
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maps.
ISBN:
9781351334044
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1351334042
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9780203702666
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0203702662
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9781351334037
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1351334034
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9781351334020
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1351334026
Series Statement:
Routledge research in sports history
Content:
"The Emergence of Football fuses sports history into mainstream economic, social and cultural history, setting the development of the people's game against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution. It is essential reading for students of sports studies, economic, social and cultural history, urban and local history, and sociology, as well as a valuable resource for scholars and academics involved in the study of football across the world. This is an absorbing and fascinating read for any of the millions of fans of the game who are interested in the early history of football"--
Note:
Introduction -- A short history of early football -- A brief historiography of the Industrial Revolution -- Cultural change: Football's demise in the Eastern Counties before 1830 -- Folk Mass and festival football: The arguments -- Folk, mass and festival football: The evidence -- Cultural continuity: Football outside the public schools, 1800-1830 -- The missing years, 1831-1840 -- Football in the Forties and Fifties -- The football association, Sheffield and Lancashire in the Sixties -- Class, clubs and football: The unfolding century.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Swain, Peter, Dr.. The emergence of football New York : Routledge, 2020. ISBN 9781138571600
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203702666
