The Global Spread of Football from the 1860s to the 1880s

2026/02/18 by Matthew L. McDowell · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Arts and Humanities · #Sports, Gender, and Society #Sports Analytics and Performance #American Sports and Literature

paper · doi:10.1080/03086534.2026.2630926

Abstract

Thomas Adam’s new book tries something new in the canon of books on the global history of football: it focuses solely on the early years of the spread of related games which were referred to as ‘fo...

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