عنوان

Pay up and play the game :

(Number (ISBN

0521355974

(Number (ISBN

9780521355971

Number

b758118

Title Proper

Pay up and play the game :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

professional sport in Britain, 1875-1914 /

First Statement of Responsibility

Wray Vamplew.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1988.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xix, 394 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-386) and index.

Text of Note

Part I. An Overview: Is money the root of all evil? A historical appreciation of commercialisation in sports ; Comments on the state of play : economic historians and sports history -- Part II. The Development of Professional Gate-Money Sport: Popular recreation before the industrial revolution ; Sporting activities and economic change, 1750-1830 ; The precursors of commercialised sport, 1830-75 ; The rise of professional gate-money sport, 1875-1914 ; From sports spectator to sports consumer -- Part III. Sport in the Market Place: The Economics of Professional Sport: Profits or premierships? ; All for one and one for all ; Paying the piper : shareholders and directors ; Winning at any cost? -- Part IV. Playing for Pay: Professional Sport as an Occupation: The struggle for recognition ; Earnings and opportunities ; Close of play ; Not playing the game : unionism and strikes ; Labour aristocrats or wage slaves? -- Part V. Unsporting Behaviour: Ungentlemany conduct ; The madding crowd -- Part VI. A Second Overview: An industrial revolution in sport -- Appendices: Shareholders and shareholdings in Scottish and English sport ; Regulations defining amateurism and professionalism in British sports.

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Text of Note

This book presents an analysis of the emergence of mass spectator sport during the years prior to World War I.

Terms of Availability

£25.00 : CIP confirmed

Professional sports-- Economic aspects-- Great Britain.

Professional sports-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.

Professional sports-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.

Sports professionnels-- Aspect économique-- Grande-Bretagne.

Sports professionnels-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.

Sports professionnels-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.

Berufssport

Professional sports-- Economic aspects-- Great Britain.

Professional sports-- Economic aspects.

Professional sports-- Great Britain-- History.

Professional sports.

Sports-- Aspect économique-- Grande Bretagne.

Sports professionnels-- Grande Bretagne-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.

Sports professionnels-- Grande Bretagne-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.

Great Britain.

Großbritannien

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796(41)

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Vamplew, Wray.

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20201204181243.0

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