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Rugby's Great Split

Class, Culture and the Origins of Rugby League Football

Rugby's Great Split( )
Author: Collins, Tony
ISBN:978-0-7146-4867-5
Publication Date:May 1998
Publisher:Routledge
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:Contact Supplier contact USD $225.00
Book Description:

Since it's first publication, Rugby's Great Splithas established itself as a classic in the field of sport history. Drawing on an unprecedented range of sources, this deeply researched and highly readable book traces the social, cultural and economic divisions that led, in 1895, to schism in the game of rugby and the creation of rugby league, the sport of England's northern working class.

Tony Collins' analysis challenges many of the conventional assumptions about this key...
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Book Details
Pages:296
Detailed Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Rugby
Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity
Sports & Recreation / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):9.126 x 6.084 x 0.936 Inches
Book Weight:1.45 Pounds



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