| Description |
1 online resource (247 pages) : maps |
| Series |
Routledge research in sports history |
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Routledge research in sports history.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Peter Swain is Honorary Research Fellow in the Centre for Worktown Studies at the University of Bolton, UK, and is a leading contributor to the so-called 'Origins of Football' Debate |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 24, 2020) |
| Subject |
Soccer -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
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SPORTS & RECREATION / General
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SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer
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Soccer
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Routledge (Firm)
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| LC no. |
2020010415 |
| 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 |
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