Soccer and Society in South Wales, 1900-1939: That Other Game (Studies in Welsh History): 20 - Hardcover

Martin Johnes

9780708317419: Soccer and Society in South Wales, 1900-1939: That Other Game (Studies in Welsh History): 20

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0708317413 ISBN 13: 9780708317419

Publisher: University of Wales Press, 2002

"That Other Game" surveys soccer's early history in south Wales. Through an exploration of the spectrum of the game, from international matches and professional clubs to schoolboy games, this book illustrates how soccer was shaped by wider social, cultural and economic forces.

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Review:

'. . . a compendium of the benefits professional historians have brought to the study of sport . . . ' -- Times Higher Education Supplement

‘ . . . a very readable social history.’ -- Soccer History

‘ . . . well-researched . . . this excellent book.’ -- gwales.com

From the Publisher:

Martin Johnes' Soccer and Society: South Wales, 1900-39 has been awarded the British Society of Sports History's Prize for the best book of 2002.
Soccer and Society argues that despite south Wales's reputation as rugby hotbed, football was an equally important and popular part of the region's culture. The book shows that a study of the game's history can shed much light not only on issues such as class and national identity but also the physical and emotional pleasures that people drew from sport.
Reviews of the book have welcomed the fact that it combines an interesting and highly accessible style with points of academic importance and rigour.

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