Christopher Rowley

The Shared Origins of Football, Rugby, and Soccer

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Produktbeschreibung

What are the origins of all the modern day contact sports, from grid iron football to Aussie Rules, rugby, and soccer? In this book, Christopher Rowley reveals how ball games arose and took shape into what we know today as football, soccer, rugby, and others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 583g
• ISBN-13: 9781442246188
• ISBN-10: 1442246189
• Artikelnr.: 42748266

Autorenporträt

Christopher Rowley is a journalist and reporter for a local newspaper in the Catskills region of New York. He is the author of twenty-three science fiction and fantasy novels.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Ancient Games Chapter Two: From
Greece to the Cradle Chapter Three: The Cradle of Football Chapter Four:
The Middle Ages Chapter Five: The End of the Middle Ages Chapter Six: The
Age of Rules, Part I Chapter Seven: The Age of Rules, Part II Chapter
Eight: Around the World Chapter Nine: The Football Association and Football
League Chapter Ten: Rugby Union - Rugby League - Gaelic Football Chapter
Eleven: Soccer Goes Global Chapter Twelve: America-The Exception and the
Rule Chapter Thirteen: On to the Modern World Bibliography Index About the
Author