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The Emergence of Football - Sport, Culture and Society in the Nineteenth Century (Paperback)
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The Emergence of Football - Sport, Culture and Society in the Nineteenth Century (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research in Sports History
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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. The book challenges conventional histories of
nineteenth-century football that surrounded mass games and the
public schools and extends the revisionist critique of those
histories with 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. It was these new
hierarchies and class system that gave birth to professional
football by the late 1870s. 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.
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