Title
The emergence of footballing cultures [electronic resource] : Manchester, 1840-1919 / Gary James.
Published
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Manchester [England] : Manchester University Press, 2019. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 263 pages)) : illustrations, map
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Description based on print version record.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
This study of Manchester football, by leading football historian Gary James, considers the sport's emergence, development and establishment through to its position as the city's leading team sport. The period from 1840 to 1919 saw football in Manchester develop from an inconsequential, occasionally outlawed activity, into a major business with a variety of popular football clubs and supporting industry. This book makes a distinct and original contribution to the historiography of sport. It is the first academic study into the development of association football in Manchester, and is directly linked to the current state of knowledge and debates within sports history on football's origins. It adds regional focus to inform the wider debate, contextualising the growth of the sport in the city and identifies communities who propagated and developed football. Robust research should ensure that this becomes the benchmark study of regional football.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2019 Complete.
Project MUSE - 2019 History.
Other formats
Print version:
Added to Catalog
February 18, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Folk football and early activity
Origins
The earliest club
Footballing communities
Formation of clubs
Organisation and competition
Football as a business
Identity
Scandal and rights
A strained relationship
School, work and leisure.