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Source： ENG
Academic Descriptors： A09010200
Publishers： University Press
Place of Publication： Great Britain
Language of Publication： English
Edition： First
Physical Format： Hardbound
Academic Level： Graduate
Geographic Designator： Great Britain

Review：

University Of Central Florida - Central 1997

Book Data Full Description：: An economic analysis of the emergence of mass spectator sport during the years prior to World War I, this study explores the tensions behind an increasingly commercialized activity that was suffused with "gentlemanly" values at many levels and highlights the manner in which this has changed.
An economic analysis of the emergence of mass spectator sport during the years prior to World War I, this study explores the tensions behind an increasingly commercialized activity that was suffused with "gentlemanly" values at many levels, and highlights the manner in which this has changed, as working class consumption and participation became predominant.
Consideration is given to the role of non-economic factors in influencing the market behaviour of both players and spectators, and particular attention is paid to professional sport as a career, with its associated risks of injury and premature retirement. The links between sport, gambling, crime and spectator violence are discussed and the author concludes football hooliganism has its roots in the so called "Golden Age" of sport in Britain.
(Contents List)
Part I Overviewappreciation of commercialization in sports; comments on the state of play - economic historians and sports history. Part 2 The development of professional gate-money sport: popular recreation in Britain before the Industrial Revolution; sporting activities and economic change, 1750-1830; the precursors of commercialized sport, 1830-75; the rise of professional gate-money sport, 1875-1914; from sports spectator to sports consumer. Part 3 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 4 Playing for play - 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 5 Unsporting behaviour: ungentlemanly conduct; the madding crowd. Part 6 A second overview : an industrial revolution in sport.

Baker&Taylor Table of Contents：

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.