Rugby League in twentieth century Britain
Subtitle: a social and cultural history
By: Tony Collins.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Rugby League football -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The origins of Rugby League; title: Rugby League and the First World War; title: League on the dole? : the game in the Depression years; title: Masters and servants : the professional player, 1919-39; title: Wembley and the road from Wigan Pier; title: Rugby league in the "Peoples' War"; title: From boom to bust, 1945-75; title: "Chess with muscles" : the rules of the game; title: The kangaroo connection : Anglo-Australian Rugby League; title: "Sporting apartheid" : Rugby Union's war against Rugby League; title: The working-man's game : class, gender and race; title: The other amateurs : beyond the heartlands; title: From slump to super league, 1975-1995; title: A proletariat at play.