HIST 3838 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: A.C. Milan, Africanization, Bsc Young Boys
17 Dec 2016
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1901: the globalization of a national game: the origins of football in england; its development in the world. 1930: the rapid growth of football in the non-european world. 2002: africa and asia as new areas of football expertise and expansion. The relationship between (cid:494)national(cid:495) sports and globalization. The dynamics of british imperialism, industrialization and class identity in expanding the sport. Sport was taken very seriously back then. Sport was about identity deeply intwinned. English private schools in the early to mid-19th century. Way of bringing discipline and morality to an unruly group (cid:494)muscular christianity(cid:495) Each private school in england develops its own version of (cid:494)football(cid:495) The universities of oxford and cambridge develop the games, but there is a need for standardization. Sized of the pitch reduced from anything up to 100x100y. Association football spreads to the working classes, led by lower middle class using their social and cultural capital. Lower likely hood of injury (especially compared to rugby)
