Workplace Football, Working-Class Culture and the Labour Movement in Victoria, 1910-20
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2758091 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Burke (0000-0002-0329-5436) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Issue | 89 |
| Pages | 179 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labour History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-6942 • E-ISSN: 1839-3039 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/27516083 |
| OpenAlex | W2027987022 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
In exploring the role of workplace football in Victoria in the decade beginning 1910, this article focuses upon two, the Railways and Tramways. Examination of football in these workplaces reveals that the respective unions took what was originally an employer initiative and used it to support their industrial goals and to develop an identity of interests between workers and union. Workplace football became a vital part of working-class culture in the period before World War I. Despite being under effective union and worker control in these workplaces detractors in the labour movement remained suspicious of the role of workplace football. This stance reflected middle-class attitudes towards working-class sport as much as fears of the de-unionising effect of workplace sport
Art · Economics · Football · Identity (music) · Labour economics · Political science · Politics · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Sociology · Trade union · Working class · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Transport and Economic Policies
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2011 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |