Hardback. Very Good. ISBN 0415476607 9780415476607 [GB]

ISBN10: 0415476607, ISBN13: 9780415476607, [publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom, London] Softcover From the myth of William Webb Ellis to the glory of the 2003 World Cup win, this book explores the social history of rugby union in England. Ever since Tom Browns Schooldays the sport has seen itself as the guardian of traditional English middle-class values. In this fascinating new history, leading rugby historian Tony Collins demonstrates how these values have shaped the English game, from the public schools to mass spectator sport, from strict amateurism to global professionalism. Based on unprecedented access to the official archives of the Rugby Football Union, and drawing on an impressive array of sources from club minutes to personal memoirs and contemporary literature, the book explores in vivid detail the key events, personalities and players that have made English rugby. From an era of rapid growth at the end of the nineteenth century, through the terrible losses suffered during the First World War and the subsequent rush to rugby in the public and grammar schools, and into the periods of disorientation and commercialisation in the 1960s through to the present day, the story of English rugby union is also the story of the making of modern England. Like all the very best writers on sport, Tony Collins uses sport as a prism through which to better understand both culture and society. A ground-breaking work of both social history and sport ...

Routledge, Date: 2009-03-05. Hardcover. Used: Good. 2009. Routledge ISBN 0415476607 9780415476607 [US]

ISBN10: 0415476607, ISBN13: 9780415476607, [publisher: Routledge, London and New York] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover book bound in glazed pictorial boards. 24 cm. 277 pages. Contains black-and-white illustrations. The book is in near fine condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, interior pages bright. A lovely copy.
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Hardback. New. Traces the development of rugby union from its origins at Rugby School through to the modern era of professionalism and World Cup victory. This title explains why the game has come to have such a profound influence on the emergent English middle class. ISBN 0415476607 9780415476607 [GB]

ISBN10: 0415476607, ISBN13: 9780415476607, [publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
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ISBN10: 0415476607, ISBN13: 9780415476607, [publisher: Taylor & Francis] Hardcover
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