tailieunhanh - Rugby’s Great Split Class, culture and the origins of rugby league football

Why are there two forms of rugby? This has been asked at one time or another by anyone with even a passing interest in sport. And given the profound changes which both rugby league and rugby union are currently undergoing, the question now has an importance which transcends mere historical curiosity. This work aims to provide the answer. It looks at the development of rugby in the social context of late Victorian and Edwardian England and tries to demonstrate how the changing nature of that society shaped the sport and led to the creation of rugby league. At its heart is an exploration of how a game. | SECOND EDITION RUGBY S GREAT SPLIT Class Culture and the Origins of Rugby League Football Sport in the global society Series Editors . A. Mangan and Boria Majumdar Rugby s Great Split Sport in the global society Series Editors . A. Mangan and Boria Majumdar The interest in sports studies around the world is growing and will continue to do so. This unique series combines aspects of the expanding study of sport in the global society providing comprehensiveness and comparison under one editorial umbrella. It is particularly timely as studies in the multiple elements of sport proliferate in institutions of higher education. Eric Hobsbawm once called sport one of the most significant practices of the late nineteenth century. Its significance was even more marked in the late twentieth century and will continue to grow in importance in the new millennium as the world develops into a global village sharing the English language technology and sport. Other titles in the series Disreputable Pleasures Less virtuous Victorians at play Edited by Mike Huggins and J. A. Mangan A Sport-loving Society Victorian and Edwardian Middle-Class England at Play Edited by J. A. Mangan Making Men Rugby and masculine identity Edited by John Nauright and Timothy J. L. Chandler Terrace Heroes The life and times of the 1930s Professional Footballer Graham Kelly Barbarians Gentlemen and Players A sociological study of the development of rugby football Second edition Eric Dunning and Kenneth Sheard Women Sport and Society in Modern China Holding up more than half the sky Dong Jinxia Freeing the Female Body Inspirational icons Edited by J. A. Mangan and Fan Hong Making the Rugby World Race gender commerce Edited by Timothy J. L. Chandler and John Nauright From Fair Sex to Feminism Sport and the socialization of women in the industrial and post-industrial eras Edited by J. A. Mangan and Roberta J. Park The Magic of Indian Cricket Cricket and society in India Revised Edition Mihir Bose Leisure and .