Oxford Routledge 2005 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Unspecified, Line drawings, black & white, Tables, black & white. Sport in the Global Society.

ISBN10: 0415350190, ISBN13: 9780415350198, [publisher: Routledge] Softcover 1st edition. 289 pages. 9.75x6.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]

Routledge, Date: 2005. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 289 pages. 9.75x6.75x0.50 inches. 2005. Routledge ISBN 0415350190 9780415350198 [GB]

ISBN10: 0415350190, ISBN13: 9780415350198, [publisher: Taylor & Francis] Softcover Dr. Adrian Harvey is a tutor for the Workers Education Association and for the Extra Murals Department of Birkbeck College, London University. He worked at a postman until 1992 and obtained an MA in Victorian Studies at Birkbeck College.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2005]
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ISBN10: 0415350190, ISBN13: 9780415350198, [publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd] Softcover Presenting a revisionist history of football, this book aims to challenge commonly held beliefs about the birth of the modern game, demonstrating that outside of English public school codification, a long history of an established and organised sport existed. Series: Sport in the Global Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 89 black & white tables, 20 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500. . 2005. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]

Routledge, Date: 2005-09-26. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2005. Routledge ISBN 0415350190 9780415350198 [US]

ISBN10: 0415350190, ISBN13: 9780415350198, [publisher: Routledge] Softcover
[Columbia, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
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ISBN10: 0415350190, ISBN13: 9780415350198, [publisher: Routledge] Softcover Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
[Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]

ISBN10: 0415350190, ISBN13: 9780415350198, [publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London] Softcover First Edition Paperback. According to the accepted wisdom, in the 1860s the football games created by public schoolboys were transplanted from these elite foundations, rapidly becoming the sports of the masses. But has this history ever been challenged or explored? Football, The First Hundred Years , provides a revisionist history of the game, challenging previously widely-accepted belief. The book argues that established football histories do not correspond with the facts. Football, as played by the 'masses' previous to the public school codes is almost always portrayed as wild and quite barbaric but Harvey shows evidence suggesting this view to be a serious over-simplification. Football's First One Hundred Years provides a very detailed picture of the football played outside the confines of the public schools, revealing a culture that was every bit as sophisticated as that found within their prestigious walls. Indeed, the administrative body created by public schoolboys, the FA, rapidly collapsed and by 1867, it was the intervention of working class representatives from Sheffield who saved soccer.Football, The First Hundred Years sets forth a completely revisionist thesis, offering a different perspective on almost every aspect of the established history of the formative years of the game. The book will be of great interest to sports historians and ...

ISBN10: 0415350190, ISBN13: 9780415350198, [publisher: Routledge] Softcover
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ISBN10: 0415350190, ISBN13: 9780415350198, [publisher: Routledge] Softcover Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within
[Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]

ISBN10: 0415350190, ISBN13: 9780415350198, [publisher: Routledge] Softcover New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published
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ISBN10: 0415350190, ISBN13: 9780415350198, [publisher: Taylor & Francis 2005-08-03, London] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]

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ISBN10: 0415350190, ISBN13: 9780415350198, [publisher: Taylor & Francis Aug 2005] Softcover Neuware - This revisionist history of football challenges commonly held beliefs about the birth of the modern game, demonstrating that outside of English public school codification a long history of an established and organized sport existed.
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