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This study of Manchester football during the period 1840 to 1919, by leading sports historian Gary James, contextualises the sport's emergence, development and establishment through to its position as the city's leading team sport, and identifies the communities who developed football.
List of contents
List of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgementsManchester mapIntroduction
1 Folk football and early activity
2 Origins
3 The earliest club
4 Footballing communities
5 Formation of clubs
6 Organisation and competition
7 Football as a business
8 Identity
9 Scandal and rights
10 A strained relationship
11 School, work and leisure
Conclusion
Index
About the author
Gary James was a staff organizer based in New York City for the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) from 1965 to 1971. In addition to being a role player in the civil rights movement under the umbrella of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, he enjoyed a colorful political career as a leader of the grassroots activist wing of the Republican Party beginning in the 1980s. The story line and subtext of Black Politics 2.0 is experientially based and offers a perspective of an expert witness as well as a role player. This is his fifth book.
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This study of Manchester football during the period 1840 to 1919, by leading sports historian Gary James, contextualises the sport’s emergence, development and establishment through to its position as the city’s leading team sport, and identifies the communities who developed football. -- .
