How football began a global history of how the world's football codes were born / Tony Collins.
| Author/creator | Collins, Tony, 1961- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First Edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. |
| Description | viii, 207 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018009062 |
| ISBN | 9781138038745 (Hardback) |
| ISBN | (Paperback) |
| ISBN | (Master ebook) |
| ISBN | (Web PDF) |
| ISBN | (ePub3) |
| ISBN | (Mobipocket/Kindle) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |