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

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.

"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.

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