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Association Football: A Study in Figurational Sociology

By Eric Dunning , Graham Curry

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2015
ISBN
1138828513, 9781138828513
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
814 kB (833793 bytes)
Series
Routledge Research in Sports History
Pages
240\215
Time added
2015-06-05 00:50:46
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Description

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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