| Description |
xix, 394 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part I. An Overview: 1. Is money the root of all evil? A historical appreciation of commercialisation in sports -- 2. Comments on the state of play: economic historians and sports history -- Part II. The Development of Professional Gate-Money Sport: 3. Popular recreation before the industrial revolution -- 4. Sporting activities and economic change, 1750-1830 -- 5. The precursors of commercialised sport, 1830-75 -- 6. The rise of professional gate-money sport, 1875-1914 -- 7. From sports spectator to sports consumer -- Part III. Sport in the Market Place: The Economics of Professional Sport: 8. Profits or premierships? -- 9. All for one and one for all -- 10. Paying the piper: shareholders and directors -- 11. Winning at any cost? -- Part IV. Playing for Pay: Professional Sport as an Occupation: 12. The struggle for recognition -- 13. Earnings and opportunities -- 14. Close of play -- 15. Not playing the game: unionism and strikes -- 16. Labour aristocrats or wage slaves? -- Part V. Unsporting Behaviour: 17. Ungentlemany conduct -- 18. The madding crowd -- Part VI. A Second Overview: 19. An industrial revolution in sport -- Appendices. 1. Shareholders and shareholdings in Scottish and English sport -- 2. Regulations defining amateurism and professionalism in British sports |
| Analysis |
Great Britain Professional sports Economic aspects, history |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 366-386 |
| Subject |
Professional sports -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain.
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Professional sports -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Professional sports -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Professional sports -- Great Britain -- History.
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| LC no. |
88004355 |
| ISBN |
0521355974 |
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