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The emergence of football : sport, culture and society in the nineteenth century / Peter Swain.

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The emergence of football : sport, culture and society in the nineteenth century / Peter Swain.

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The emergence of football : sport, culture and society in the nineteenth century / Peter Swain.

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Full title

The emergence of football : sport, culture and society in the nineteenth century / Peter Swain.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Alternative title

Sport, culture and society in the 19th century

Call Numbers

G 2020/3527

Record Identifier

74VKamd2pv4b

MMS ID

991024332013802626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

247 pages ; 25 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

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 continuit...

Publication information

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2020.

Subjects

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Scope and Contents

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 val...

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Full title

The emergence of football : sport, culture and society in the nineteenth century / Peter Swain.

Portion of title

Sport, culture and society in the nineteenth century

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Notes

General note

Routledge research in sports history

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Date Copyright

©2020

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2020/3527

Record Identifier

74VKamd2pv4b

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKamd2pv4b

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ISBN

9781138571600

DDC

796.334

MMS ID

991024332013802626

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