A social history of English Rugby Union
Subtitle: sport and the making of the middle classes
By: Tony Collins.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon; N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780415476607; 9780203885444
Subjects: Rugby League football -- Social aspects -- England -- History; Rugby Union football -- Social aspects -- England -- History; Working class -- Recreation -- England -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The schoolboy's game; title: The amateur game; title: The war game; title: The man's game; title: The class game; title: The player's game; title: The imperial game; title: The money game; title: The whole new ball game?