Rugby's Great Split: Class, Culture and the Origins of Rugby League Football

by Tony Collins and Tony Collins

Book Overview

Since it's first publication, Rugby's Great Split has established itself as a classic in the field of sport history. Drawing on an unprecedented range of sources, this deeply researched and highly readable book traces the social, cultural and economic divisions that led, in 1895, to schism in the game of rugby and the creation of rugby league, the sport of England's northern working class.

Tony Collins' analysis challenges many of the conventional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415396166
• ISBN13: 9780415396165
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"