Association Football: A Study in Figurational Sociology (Routledge Research in Sports History) - Hardcover

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Curry, Graham; Dunning, Eric

 
9781138828513: Association Football: A Study in Figurational Sociology (Routledge Research in Sports History)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138828513 ISBN 13: 9781138828513
Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

This book presents a synthesis of the work on early football undertaken by the authors over the past two decades. It explores aspects of a figurational approach to sociology to examine the early development of football rules in the middle part of the nineteenth century. The book tests Dunning’s status rivalry hypothesis to contest Harvey’s view of football’s development which stresses an influential sub-culture outside the public schools. Status Rivalry re-states the primacy of these latter institutions in the growth of football and without it the sport’s story would remain skewed and unbalanced for future generations.

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About the Author

Graham Curry is a postgraduate of the University of Leicester.

Eric Dunning is Emeritus Professor at the University of Leicester.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138828513
ISBN 13 
9781138828513
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
214

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