Association Football and English Society, 1863-1915 (Revised Edition)

Association football, as it developed rapidly in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, both reflected British society and helped to reshape it. In this newly released edition of Tony Mason's essential account of the game's rise, focusing on issues such as the amateur-professional divide, social class and mass spectatorship are seen as fundamental to our understanding of what is now a global phenomenon. Dilwyn Porter supplements this classic text with a brand new introduction.

About the author

Tony Mason is the author of Sport in Britain (1998); Passion of the People? Football in South America (1995); and co-author of Sport in Britain 1945-2000 (2000) and Sport and the Military: The British Armed Forces 1880-1960 (2011). He has taught at Nottingham, Edinburgh, Hull, Warwick and De Montfort Universities in the United Kingdom.
Dilwyn Porter is Honorary Professor of Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University and Visiting Professor of Modern History at Newman University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Summary

This volume explores Association Football and how it did no less than reshape British and indeed global society in its fast development as an organised sport over the course of the second half of the nineteenth century and leading up to the First World War.

Product details

• Authors: Tony Mason
• Assisted by: Dilwyn Porter (Editor), Porter Dilwyn (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032073859
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3207385-9
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Soccer Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; England, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer)