Tony Collins

How Football Began (eBook, PDF)

A Global History of How the World's Football Codes Were Born

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating history considers why football grew from a marginal and un-organised activity into the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people globally, comparing the development of each of the major forms of football.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351709682
• Artikelnr.: 54114127

Autorenporträt

Tony Collins is Emeritus Professor of History in the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University, UK. His previous books include Rugby's Great Split, Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain, A Social History of English Rugby Union and The Oval World - each of which won the Lord Aberdare prize for sports history book of the year - as well as his global history Sport in Capitalist Society.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Failure of the Football Association 2. Before the Beginning: Folk
Football 3. The Gentleman's Game 4. Sheffield: Football Beyond the
Metropolis 5. The End of the Universal Game 6. From the Classes to the
Masses 7. Glasgow: Football Capital of the 19th Century 8. The Coming of
Professionalism 9. Women and Football: Kicking against the Pricks 10. Rugby
Football: A House Divided 11. Melbourne: A City and Its Football 12.
Australian Rules and the Invention of Football Traditions 13. Ireland:
Creating Gaelic Football 14. Football and Nationalism in Ireland and Beyond
15. American Football: The Old Game in the New World 16. Canadian Football:
Between Scrum and Snapback 17. Rugby League Football: From People's Game to
Proletarian Sport 18. The 1905-06 Football Crisis: North America 19. The
1905-06 Football Crisis: Rugby 20. Soccer: The Modern Game for the Modern
World 21. The Global Game