Class, commercialism and community in the origins and development of the northern Rugby Football Union, 1857-1910

This thesis examines the role of class, regional, commercial and other social and economic factors in the origins and growth of Rugby football in Yorkshire and Lancashire during the period 1857 to 1910, focusing on the formation of the Northern Rugby Football Union (later to become the Rugby Footbal...

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Main Author: Collins, Tony
Published: Sheffield Hallam University 1996
Subjects:
900
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.337100