The emergence of football : sport, culture and society in the nineteenth century
Swain, Peter, Dr2020
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'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 challenges conventional histories of nineteenth century football that surrounded mass games and the public schools and extends the revisionist critique of those histories by the imaginative use of new and original empirical evidence. It outlines the continuing presence of a working-class footballing culture across the century, arguing that the structure of football was a product of industrialisation, urbanisation and population growth that had resulted in a far-reaching restructuring of the class system and urban hierarchies.
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Author:
Swain, Peter, Dr, author
Imprint:
London : Routledge, 2020.
Collation:
280 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 24 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781138571600 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.334
Language:
English
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Index terms:
sport, culture, foot-racing, pedestrianism, leisure, rugby, steeplechasing, camping,
BRN:
2987765
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