Barbarians Gentlemen and Players A Sociological Study of the Development of Rugby Football 2nd Edition by Kenneth Sheard, Eric Dunning 0203491718 9780203491713

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ISBN 10: 0203491718 

ISBN 13: 9780203491713

Author: Kenneth Sheard, Eric Dunning

First published in 1979, this classic study of the development of rugby from folk game to its modern Union and League forms has become a seminal text in sport history. In a new epilogue the authors provide sociological analysis of the major developments in international ruby that have taken place since 1979, with particular attention to the professionalism that was predicted in the first edition of this text. Sports lovers, rugby fans and students of the history and sociology of sport will find it invaluable. Rugby football is descended from winter ‘folk games’ which were a deeply rooted tradition in pre-industrial Britain. This was the first book to study the development of Rugby from this folk tradition to the game in its modern forms. The folk forms of football were extremely violent and serious injuries – even death – were a common feature. The game was refined in the public schools who played a crucial role in formulating the rules which required footballers to exercise greater self-control. With the spread of rugby into the wider society, the Rugby Football Union was founded but class tensions led to the split between Rugby Union and Rugby League. The authors examine the changes that led to the professionalisation of Rugby Union as well as the alleged resurgence of violence in the modern game.

Table of contents:

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 nineteenth-century public schools

Part II The Modernization of Rugby Football

3 The preconditions for modernization Embourgeoisement and public school reform

4 The incipient modernization of Rugby football

Postscript

5 The ‘civilizing process’ and the formation of the RFU

6 The democratization of Rugby football

7 Professionalization and the amateur response

8 The split

9 The class structure and the professionalization of British sport

Part III The Development of Rugby Football as a Modern Sport

10 The professionalization of Rugby League

Postscript

11 Rugby Union as a modern sport Bureaucracy, gate-taking clubs and the swansong of amateurism

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