Terrace Heroes: The Life and Times of the 1930s Professional Footballer Contributor(s): Kelly, Graham (Author) |
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ISBN: 0714682942 ISBN-13: 9780714682945 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $71.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2005 Annotation: During 1930's Britain, football became increasingly commercialized, and the rise and development of both local and national media, in particular broadcast media, enabled players to become widely recognized outside of their immediate local context for the first time. Tracing the origins, playing careers and afterlives of several First Division players of the era, Graham Kelly's revealing history explores the reality of living in Britain in the 1930's and draws interesting comparisons with lives of our contemporary terrace heroes, the football stars of today. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Soccer - Sports & Recreation | History |
Dewey: 796.334 |
LCCN: 2004048164 |
Series: Sport in the Global Society |
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.38" W x 9.24" (0.72 lbs) 186 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The 1930s saw the birth of the football idol - prototype for today's powerful media sport stars. |