Barbarians, gentlemen, and players : a sociological study of the development of Rugby football /
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| Author / Creator: | Dunning, Eric |
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| Imprint: | New York : New York University Press, 1979. |
| Description: | xiii, 321 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/280813 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface to new edition: Professor
- Series Editor's Introduction to new edition
- Introduction to first edition: The development of Rugby Football as a sociological problem
- Part I. Folk Antecedents and Transitional Forms of Football in the Public Schools
- 1. The folk antecedents of modern rugby and their decline
- 2. Football in the early 19th century public schools
- Part II. The Modernisation of Rugby Football
- 3. The preconditions for modernization: embourgeoisement and public school reform
- 4. The incipient modernization of rugby football
- 5. The 'civilising process' and the formation of the RFU
- 6. The democratization of rugby football
- 7. Professionalisation and the amateur response
- 8. The split
- 9. The class structure and the professionalisation of British sport
- Part III. The Development of Rugby Football as a Modern Sport
- 10. The professionalisation of rugby league
- 11. Rugby union as a modern sport: bureaucracy, gate-taking clubs and the swansong of amateurism
- Conclusion: Sociological Reflections on the Crisis in Modern Sport
- Epilogue: The Continuing Commercialization and Professionalization of Rugby Football
- Appendix: The rugby union game